adj · neutral
ambitious
/æmˈbɪʃəs/am·BI·tious
Band 5-6speakingtask2
having a strong desire and determination to succeed
Examples
“They set an ambitious target to reduce emissions by 50%.”
“She is very ambitious and wants to become a CEO.”
“The project was ambitious but achievable with enough funding.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university launched an ambitious research programme aimed at tackling climate change at a regional scale.”
Collocations
- ambitious plan
- ambitious to
- highly ambitious
Word family
ambitious adjambition nambitiously adv
Common mistakes
He is very ambitious person.→He is a very ambitious person.
She is ambitious for money.→She is ambitious to earn money.
Say it for a higher band
5keen→6eager→7+ambitious
Synonyms
aspiring
driven
Easily confused
eager
“She was eager to start the internship and learn new skills.”
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