Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.

    an ambitious person

    someone's ambitious nature

    ehrgeizig, ambitioniert

    амбицио́зныйambicióznyj, честолюби́выйčestoljubívyj

    амбіці́йнийambicíjnyj, амбі́тнийambítnyj, честолю́бнийčestoljúbnyj

  2. Very desirous.

    ehrgeizig

    жа́ждущийžážduščij

  3. Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition.

    an ambitious project

    an ambitious style

    ehrgeizig, aufstrebend

    показно́йpokaznój, претенцио́зныйpretencióznyj

  4. Hard to achieve.

    an ambitious goal

More definitions
  • having a strong desire for success or achievement
  • requiring full use of your abilities or resources

Examples

206 sentences
  1. Tom is pretty ambitious, isn't he?

    Том досить амбіційний, так?

    deTom ist ziemlich ehrgeizig, nicht wahr?

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  2. Tom is fairly ambitious, isn't he?

    Том досить-таки абміційний, так?

    deTom ist ziemlich ehrgeizig, nicht wahr?

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  3. Tom is quite ambitious, isn't he?

    Том досить амбіційний, так?

    deTom ist ziemlich ehrgeizig, nicht wahr?

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  4. Tom is a very ambitious person.

    Том дуже амбітна людина.

    ruТом очень честолюбивый человек.

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  5. I was young and ambitious once.

    Я колись був молодий і амбіційний.

    ruЯ когда-то был молод и амбициозен.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
possessing, or controlled by, ambition:
Русский
By meaning 3
possessing, or controlled by, ambition:
strongly desirous:
showy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
possessing, or controlled by, ambition:
showy:

Origin

From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from a

From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux. By surface analysis, ambit + -ious.

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Forms

ambitiouser/more ambitious, ambitiousest/most ambitious

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • requiring full use of your abilities or resources:challenging

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • an an ambitious
  • was very ambitious
  • very ambitious person
  • as ambitious as
  • a very ambitious
  • ambitious person
  • ambitious enough

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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