ambitious
/æm'biʃəs/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Requiring full use of your abilities or resources: Describing a task, plan, or goal that is difficult to achieve and demands significant effort, skill, or resources.
- Having a strong desire for success or achievement: Describing a person who is determined to be successful, powerful, or famous, often by setting challenging goals.
Usage Examples
- Describing a task or plan:
- The company set an ambitious goal to double its revenue in one year.
- Completing the project in two months was an ambitious timeline.
- Describing a person:
- She is an ambitious young lawyer aiming for a partnership.
- His ambitious nature drove him to start his own business.
Advanced Usage
- "Ambitious for": Having a strong desire for a specific thing.
- He was always ambitious for power and recognition.
- "Ambitious to": Eager or determined to do something.
- She was ambitious to prove her critics wrong.
Variants and Related Words
- Ambition (n): A strong desire to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.
- His lifelong ambition was to become a doctor.
- Ambitionsly (adv): In a manner showing a strong desire for success.
- She worked ambitionsly on her research.
- Overambitious (adj): Having aims that are overly ambitious and possibly unrealistic.
- The overambitious plan was doomed to fail.
Synonyms
- Aspiring: Directing one's hopes or ambitions toward becoming a specified type of person.
- Determined: Having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.
- Enterprising: Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.
- Challenging (for tasks/plans): Testing one's abilities; demanding.
Antonyms
- Unambitious: Not having or showing any desire to be successful, powerful, or famous.
- Lazy: Unwilling to work or use energy.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Burning ambition: An extremely strong and passionate desire to achieve something.
- He had a burning ambition to win an Olympic medal.
- Climb the ladder: To make progress in one's career or social status (often associated with ambition).
- She was determined to climb the corporate ladder.
Adjective
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requiring full use of your abilities or resources
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ambitious schedule
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performed the most challenging task without a mistake
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having a strong desire for success or achievement
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