ambitious

Definition

Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.

Etymology

From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.

Example Sentences

• "an ambitious person"
• "someone's ambitious nature"
• "I was ambitious—have you known The passion, father? You have not: A cottager, I mark’d a throne Of half the world as all my own, And murmur’d at such lowly lot— […]"

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