AMBITIOUS
\ambˈɪʃəs], \ambˈɪʃəs], \a_m_b_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of AMBITIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"
By Princeton University
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requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
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Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
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Strongly desirous; - followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
By Oddity Software
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Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
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Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
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Strongly desirous; - followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
By Noah Webster.
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Eager for advancement; strongly desirous.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
