ambitious
adjective
am·bi·tious
am-ˈbi-shəs 
1
2
: resulting from, characterized by, or showing ambition
an ambitious film
ambitiously
adverb
ambitiousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of ambitious in a Sentence
The company was created by two very ambitious young men in the early 1900s.
This 500-page book is her most ambitious effort yet.
Your plans for the future are very ambitious.
It was too ambitious a task for just one person.
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Scripps is backing out of a ambitious effort to offer national news across its many TV stations, and its reasons for doing so may give rivals the shudders.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
John Hsu’s frightfully entertaining Taiwanese horror-comedy imagines a world where the dead are just as beholden to the pressures of fame as the living, and an industry has grown around ambitious apparitions building their personal brands.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
The program follows an ambitious timeline, with business development support beginning this fall, followed by product development and production for a design collaboration in winter and spring 2025, respectively.
—Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
Upper management told her that Otium— the ambitious showcase restaurant opened in partnership with the Broad museum in 2015 and with investment from billionaire Eli Broad, who died in 2021 — was struggling.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
John Hsu’s frightfully entertaining Taiwanese horror-comedy imagines a world where the dead are just as beholden to the pressures of fame as the living, and an industry has grown around ambitious apparitions building their personal brands.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
The program follows an ambitious timeline, with business development support beginning this fall, followed by product development and production for a design collaboration in winter and spring 2025, respectively.
—Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
Upper management told her that Otium— the ambitious showcase restaurant opened in partnership with the Broad museum in 2015 and with investment from billionaire Eli Broad, who died in 2021 — was struggling.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Ambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambitious. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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ambitious
adjective
am·bi·tious
am-ˈbish-əs
1
: controlled by or having ambition
ambitious to be captain of the team
2
: showing ambition
an ambitious plan
ambitiously
adverb
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