ambitious
//æmˈbɪʃ.əs//
Forms
- Comparative
- ambitiouser
- Superlative
- ambitiousest
Definitions
1.Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
- As I grew richer I grew more ambitious, took a house in the country, and eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation.
2.Very desirous.
3.Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition.
4.Hard to achieve.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4940
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition.
Compare with French ambitieux.
By surface analysis, ambit + -ious.