ambitious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   requiring full use of your abilities or resources

   ambitious schedule

2. 2
   adj

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

   an ambitious person

3. 3
   adj

   Very desirous.

   30 June 2019, Sam Wallace in The Telegraph, Manchester United must shape Aaron Wan-Bissaka into a £50m all-rounder - but there is no hiding place at Old Trafford Now he is joining a club ambitious to return to a model of dominating games and attacking opposition.

4. 4
   adj

   Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition.

   an ambitious project

5. 5
   adj

   Hard to achieve.

   an ambitious goal

6. 6
   adj

   having a strong desire for success or achievement

Etymology

From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux. By surface analysis, ambit + -ious.