ambitious
B1UK /æmˈbɪʃəs/US /æmˈbɪʃəs/
Meaning
adjective
determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.
“a fiercely ambitious young manager”
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“to drive people to be ambitious?”
📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →
“to embark on ambitious programs with an”
📺 Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureLearn this word in the video →
“you do I know you will be ambitious you wouldn't be here today if you aren't match that ambition with humility a humility of purpose that doesn't mean being tamer being smaller”
📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim CookLearn this word in the video →
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