ambitious

Speech parts

1. ambitious - Adjective

2. ambitious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.

Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.

Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.

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ambitious schedule Source: Internet

performed the most challenging task without a mistake Source: Internet

1980s Roberto Suazo Córdova won the elections with a promise to carry out an ambitious program of economic and social development in Honduras in order to tackle the country's recession. Source: Internet

20th century orchestra As the early 20th century dawned, symphony orchestras were larger, better funded, and better trained than ever before; consequently, composers could compose larger and more ambitious works. Source: Internet

A balloonist named John Steiner of Philadelphia made an ambitious trip across the lake in 1857. Source: Internet

1UP.com called the game ambitious for its time, writing that it represented an evolution of the overhead perspective action adventure genre. Source: Internet

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