ambitious
am‧bi‧tious /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]
am‧bi‧tious /æmˈbɪʃəs/
adjective1. determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc:
ambitious for
2. an ambitious plan, idea etc shows a desire to do something good but difficult:
—ambitiously adverb
—ambitiousness noun [uncountable]