ambitious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ambitious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ambitious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ambitious adj having a strong desire for success or achievement [ant: ambitionless, unambitious] requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake" Synonym(s): ambitious, challenging
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ambitious \Ambi"tious\, a. [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See {Ambition}.] 1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man. --Shak. 2. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious* to be or to do something. I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony. --Evelyn. Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in vain. --Cowper. 3. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style. A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless race, From off wide, ambitious base. --Collins.