Ambitious

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  • adjective. Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.
  • adjective. Greatly desirous; eager.
  • adjective. Requiring or showing much effort; challenging.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by or possessing ambition; eagerly or inordinately desirous of obtaining power, superiority, or distinction.
  • Strongly desirous; eager: with of (formerly for) or an infinitive.
  • Springing from or indicating ambition.
  • Hence Showy; pretentious: as, an ambitious style; ambitious ornament.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
  • adjective. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive.
  • adjective. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
  • adjective. Strongly desirous—followed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
  • adjective. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. requiring full use of your abilities or resources
  • adjective. having a strong desire for success or achievement