ambitious
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Britannica Dictionary definition of AMBITIOUS
[more ambitious; most ambitious]
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having ambition
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having a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous
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The company was created by two very ambitious young men in the early 1900s.
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ambitious politicians/lawyers
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He was very ambitious for his children but not for himself. [=he wanted his children to be successful but he didn't feel the need to be successful himself]
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not easily done or achieved
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requiring or showing ambition
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This 500-page book is her most ambitious effort/project yet.
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Your plans for the future are very ambitious.
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It was too ambitious a task for just one person.
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ambitious goals
— ambitiously
adverb-
She ambitiously worked her way to the top.
— ambitiousness
noun [noncount]-
the ambitiousness of the plan
