ambitious

6 definitions • 12 examples

having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich:

an ambitious young lawyer

He's very ambitious for his children (= he wants them to be successful).

If a plan or idea is ambitious, it needs a great amount of skill and effort to be successful or be achieved:

She has some ambitious plans for her business.

The government has announced an ambitious plan to modernize the railway network.

The original completion date was over-ambitious, so we have had to delay the opening.

having a strong desire for success, achievement, power, or wealth:

Even as a young man he was ambitious and self-assured.

If you describe an activity as ambitious, you mean that it involves a lot of effort or expense:

It was an ambitious project to restore the public parks.

having a strong wish to be successful:

an ambitious young lawyer

I make no secret of the fact that I am very ambitious.

if a plan or idea is ambitious, it needs a lot of skill and effort to be successful or be achieved:

The retailer announced ambitious plans yesterday as it reported profits up 19%.

The government has announced an ambitious programme to modernize the railway network.

Their goals proved to be a little too ambitious.