Ambitious

/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ · adjective

Meaning

(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction..

Definitions by Sense

1. (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
2. (followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous.
3. Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition.
4. Hard to achieve.

Example Sentences

an ambitious person

someone's ambitious nature

I was ambitious—have you known The passion, father? You have not: A cottager, I mark’d a throne Of half the world as all my own, And murmur’d at such lowly lot— […]

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.

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.

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

an ambitious project

an ambitious style

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• ambitiouser
• more ambitious
• ambitiousest
• most ambitious

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