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ambitious
What does ambitious mean?
ambitious (adjective): having a strong desire for success or achievement.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce ambitious?
/æmˈbɪʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ambitious come from?
From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to ambitious
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “ambitious” mean?
being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
Not quite: that's what parallel means.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
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having a strong desire for success or achievement
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with little or no sound; free of disturbing noise
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