ambitious

«ambitious» in Mova's school dictionary: wanting very much to succeed, to be great, or to gain power — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more ambitious, most ambitious)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ambitious means wanting very much to succeed, to be great, or to gain power. tree →

2) An ambitious plan is one that is big and hard to carry out. tree →

sense 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 →
• Eteocles was an ambitious prince who seized the throne. tree →
• We have an ambitious plan to build a model town. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ambitious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.