adjective /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
a) Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
As I grew richer I grew more ambitious, took a house in the country, and eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation.
b) Strongly desirous—followed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
an ambitious style <! material copied from Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
See Also: ambition
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