ambitious
(adjective) having a strong desire for success or achievement
ambitious, challenging
(adjective) requiring full use of your abilities or resources; “ambitious schedule”; “performed the most challenging task without a mistake”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ambitious (comparative ambitiouser or more ambitious, superlative ambitiousest or most ambitious)
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
Synonyms: showy, aspiring
Hard to achieve.
• nonambitious
• unambitious
Source: Wiktionary
Am*bi"tious, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 January 2025
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
