# ambitious

Pronunciation: say "am-BISH-uhs" /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/

## Adjective

1. Having or showing a strong desire for success, power, honor, respect, or other distinction.
   - Simple: Wanting very much to succeed, gain power, or become important.
   - _The ambitious senator spent years maneuvering toward the party leadership._
   - _Investors admired her ambitious drive to dominate the regional market._
2. Requiring great effort to accomplish; setting a goal that is difficult to reach.
   - Simple: Very hard to do or reach because the goal is so big.
   - _The committee approved an ambitious schedule that left little room for delays._
   - _Cutting emissions by half in five years is an ambitious target._
3. Resulting from or expressing ambition; marked by a strong drive to achieve or advance.
   - Simple: Showing a strong wish to succeed or get ahead.
   - _The ambitious expansion reflected the founder's relentless drive for growth._
   - _Critics read the ambitious manifesto as a sign of his hunger for influence._
4. Strongly desirous of something; eager to obtain or accomplish a particular thing.
   - Simple: Strongly wanting to have or do a certain thing.
   - _Ambitious of recognition, he submitted his work to every major journal._
   - _She remained ambitious to master the craft, practicing for hours each day._

## Origin

The word passed through Middle English "ambitious" and Middle French "ambitieus" from Latin "ambitiosus", from "ambitio" (see ambition), and is related to French "ambitieux".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ambitious (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).