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"text": "an ambitious person",
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"text": "someone's ambitious nature",
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"ref": "1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems",
"text": "I was ambitious—have you known\nThe passion, father? You have not:\nA cottager, I mark’d a throne\nOf half the world as all my own,\nAnd murmur’d at such lowly lot— […]",
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"ref": "1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Twisted Lip",
"text": "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.",
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"(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction."
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"text": "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\nNow he is joining a club ambitious to return to a model of dominating games and attacking opposition."
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"ref": "1864, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods",
"text": "We were soon in the midst of the rapids, which were more swift and tumultuous than any we had poled up, and had turned to the side of the stream for the purpose of warping, when the boatmen, who felt some pride in their skill, and were ambitious to do something more than usual",
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"(followed by \"of\" or the infinitive) Very desirous"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žaduvašt",
"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "жадуващ"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "eerzuchtig"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "innokas"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗaṭivmoq̇vare",
"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "პატივმოყვარე"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "ehrgeizig"
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"roman": "žážduščij",
"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "жа́ждущий"
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"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "dian-thograch"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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"word": "ambicioso"
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"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "arzulu"
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"sense": "strongly desirous",
"word": "istekli"
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"text": "an ambitious style",
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"text": "an ambitious attempt to take power",
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"text": "an ambitious plan",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pretenciózen",
"sense": "showy",
"word": "претенцио́зен"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "showy",
"word": "näyttävä"
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"_dis1": "2 2 96 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "showy",
"word": "ehrgeizig"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "showy",
"word": "aufstrebend"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "showy",
"word": "ambicjonalny"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "showy",
"word": "ambitny"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokaznój",
"sense": "showy",
"word": "показно́й"
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"word": "gösterişli"
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"ref": "2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly)",
"text": "A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?",
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"Hard to achieve."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard to achieve",
"word": "kunnianhimoinen"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard to achieve",
"word": "ambitny"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard to achieve",
"word": "ambicioso"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭamūḥ",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"tags": [
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"word": "طَمُوح"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "havaknot",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "հավակնոտ"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ambicýjny",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "амбіцы́йны"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slavaljubívy",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "славалюбі́вы"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ambítny",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "амбі́тны"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ambiciózen",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "амбицио́зен"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čestoljubív",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "честолюби́в"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambiciós"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "ccc",
"lang": "Chamicuro",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "kapapeskajpola"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "遠大"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jyun⁵ daai⁶",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "远大"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "遠大"
},
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "yén-thai",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "远大"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒu xióngxīn",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "有雄心"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "遠大"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuǎndà",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "远大"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ctižádostivý"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambitiøs"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "eerzuchtig"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambitieus"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambicia"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "glorama"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "kunnianhimoinen"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambitieux"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambicioso"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "paddinósu"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ambiciuri",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ამბიციური"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ehrgeizig"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambitioniert"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shaaftaní",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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],
"word": "שאפתני"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "becsvágyó"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "nagyravágyó"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambiciózus"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambizioso"
},
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"alt": "やしんてき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yashinteki",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "野心的"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yasimjeok",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "야심적"
},
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambitiéis"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "éiergäizeg"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambizzjuż"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambicious"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ambitny"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambicioso"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ambițios"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ambicióznyj",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "амбицио́зный"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čestoljubívyj",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "честолюби́вый"
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{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambitziosu"
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"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"tags": [
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"word": "mattauddone"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambiziosu"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "dian-thograch"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "gionach"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ambiciozan"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "častohlepan"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambicioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambitiös"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "högtflygande"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 15 34 12",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"word": "kunnianhimoinen"
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambitieux"
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "ambicioso"
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"word": "ამბიციური"
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
"word": "야심적"
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "possessing, or controlled by, ambition",
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"word": "ambicioso"
}
],
"word": "ambitious"
}
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