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# ambitious

adjective (more ambitious, most ambitious)

«ambitious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ambitious means wanting very much to succeed, to be great, or to gain power. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambitious/#m1)
2. An ambitious plan is one that is big and hard to carry out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambitious/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a character who wants power or a throne; in school, an ambitious project is a large task

### Examples

- The ambitious tailor wanted to be a prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambitious/#x1)
- Eteocles was an ambitious prince who seized the throne. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambitious/#x2)
- We have an ambitious plan to build a model town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambitious/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ambitious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambitious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ambitious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ambitious.html) on Mova free.