Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
ambitious (comparative ambitiouser, superlative ambitiousest)
- (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
- an ambitious person
- someone's ambitious nature
- 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Man with the Twisted Lip,"
- As I grew richer I grew more ambitious, took a house in the country, and eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation.
- (followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
- 30 June 2019, Sam Wallace in The Telegraph, Manchester United must shape Aaron Wan-Bissaka into a £50m all-rounder - but there is no hiding place at Old Trafford ↗
- Now he is joining a club ambitious to return to a model of dominating games and attacking opposition.
- 1864, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods
- We were soon in the midst of the rapids, which were more swift and tumultuous than any we had poled up, and had turned to the side of the stream for the purpose of warping, when the boatmen, who felt some pride in their skill, and were ambitious to do something more than usual
- 30 June 2019, Sam Wallace in The Telegraph, Manchester United must shape Aaron Wan-Bissaka into a £50m all-rounder - but there is no hiding place at Old Trafford ↗
- Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
- Synonyms: showy, aspiring
- an ambitious project
- an ambitious style
- an ambitious attempt to take power
- an ambitious plan
- an ambitious goal
- Hard to achieve.
- nonambitious
- unambitious
- French: ambitieux
- German: ehrgeizig, ambitioniert
- Italian: ambizioso
- Portuguese: ambicioso
- Russian: амбицио́зный
- Spanish: ambicioso
- German: ehrgeizig, aufstrebend
- Russian: показно́й
- Portuguese: ambicioso
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