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ambitious

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ambitious
ambitious /æmˈbɪʃəs/ adjective
1. determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc:
    Alfred was intensely ambitious, obsessed with the idea of becoming rich.
    ambitious for
    mothers who are highly ambitious for their children (=who want their children to be successful)
2. an ambitious plan, idea etc shows a desire to do something good but difficult:
    an ambitious engineering project
    an over-ambitious health reform program
—ambitiously adverb
—ambitiousness noun [uncountable]