Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,740,131,051 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

ambitiousness

   Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
am·bi·tious  (m-bshs)
adj.
1. Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.
2. Greatly desirous; eager: "I am not ambitious of ridicule" (Edmund Burke).
3. Requiring or showing much effort; challenging: an ambitious schedule.
am·bitious·ly adv.
am·bitious·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ambitiousness - a strong drive for success
ambition
drive - the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"
aspiration - a will to succeed
power hunger, status seeking - a drive to acquire power
Translations
ambitiousness
n (of person) → Ehrgeiz m; (of idea, undertaking) → Kühnheit f


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Linker is right about Neuhaus's political ambitiousness, but his movement is hardly the ideological colossus this book would have us believe.
Unto the Father: Fr. Richard Neuhaus may have midwifed the religious ... by Baumann, Paul / Washington Monthly
The realization was made all the more apparent by the company's practice of partitioning Manhattan into territories its brokers would then individually specialize in, a method of operation that assured thorough coverage of the market, but one that was also destined, given the ambitiousness of the firm's principals and the limited geographic size of the market, to encounter boundaries.
City's most prolific brokerage sets its sights on New Jersey by Geiger, Daniel / Real Estate Weekly
But fatigue emerges in direct proportion to the ambitiousness of the undertaking.
Strategic fatigue by Fuller, Graham E. / The National Interest
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.