Ambitious Definition

ăm-bĭshəs
adjective
Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.
American Heritage
Full of or showing ambition.
Webster's New World
Greatly desirous; eager.
American Heritage
Greatly desirous (of something); eager for.
Webster's New World
Requiring or showing much effort; challenging.
An ambitious schedule.
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Origin of Ambitious

  • From Middle English ambitious, from Old French *ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.

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Ambitious Sentence Examples

  • She was ambitious, driven by her need for power.

  • I make sure ambitious people like you don't mess up this world.

  • Truly, we are deep thinkers, we are ambitious spirits!

  • The themes of all his more ambitious poems can be traced to Chaucerian sources.

  • For a time Bela was equally fortunate in the north-west, where the ambitious and enterprising Piemyslidae had erected a new Bohemian empire which absorbed the territories of the old Babenbergers and was very menacing to Hungary.

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