ambitious
/æmˈbɪʃəs/adjective
उच्चारण ऐम्बिशस
महत्वाकांक्षी
Core wordPYP · asked 5 times
Asked in previous papers
as spelling
- 1
determined to be successful, rich, powerful
महत्वाकांक्षी
- an ambitious young officer
- She is ambitious to become an IAS officer.
- She is an ambitious girl who wants to be a pilot.
+ 2 more examples
- He was too ambitious to remain a clerk.
- The ambitious student worked day and night for the scholarship.
Synonyms aspiring driven enterprising eager determined
Opposite unambitious apathetic unmotivated lazy
- 2
needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed
(योजना) बड़ी, महत्वाकांक्षी
- an ambitious plan to clean the river
- The government has an ambitious plan to build a thousand new schools.
- It is an ambitious project that will take ten years.
+ 2 more examples
- The team set an ambitious target for the year.
- They announced an ambitious plan to plant a million trees.
Synonyms challenging demanding bold grandiose difficult
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
ambitious (of person)
Describes a person who strongly wants success, power or wealth, and it can be praise or mild criticism.
ऐसे व्यक्ति को बताता है जो सफलता, शक्ति या धन की प्रबल इच्छा रखता है; यह प्रशंसा भी हो सकती है और हल्की आलोचना भी।
- Radhika is an ambitious student who wants to become an IAS officer.
ambitious plan / project / target
For a plan or target, ambitious means difficult and needing great effort, with no sense of blame.
योजना या लक्ष्य के लिए 'ambitious' का अर्थ कठिन और अत्यधिक प्रयास माँगने वाला है; इसमें निंदा का भाव नहीं होता।
- The government announced an ambitious plan to build ten new airports.
ambitious for sb
Use for when you want success for another person, such as a child.
जब कोई किसी दूसरे व्यक्ति, जैसे बच्चे, की सफलता चाहता है, तब 'ambitious for' का प्रयोग होता है।
- They are very ambitious for their daughter.
ambitious + to-infinitive / about
Ambitious can be followed by about plus a noun to name the area of hope; the to-infinitive is not used after it.
'Ambitious' के बाद आशा का क्षेत्र बताने के लिए 'about + noun' आ सकता है; इसके बाद to-infinitive का प्रयोग नहीं होता।
- He is ambitious about his future in cricket.
+Collocations 4
adverb + ambitious
highlyveryoverlyextremelypolitically
- The team set an overly ambitious target.
ambitious + noun
plantargetprojectyoung mangoal
- She set herself an ambitious goal for the exam.
ambitious + person
politicianstudententrepreneurexecutivemanager
- The ambitious manager worked late every day.
verb + ambitious
bebecomeremainsoundseem
- The proposal sounds too ambitious for a small budget.
“More examples 5
- The village school has an ambitious plan to build a library.
गाँव के विद्यालय की पुस्तकालय बनाने की एक महत्वाकांक्षी योजना है।
- Ambitious youngsters often move to big cities for better chances.
महत्वाकांक्षी युवा बेहतर अवसरों के लिए अक्सर बड़े शहरों में चले जाते हैं।
- It is ambitious to expect full marks in the first attempt.
पहले प्रयास में पूरे अंकों की आशा करना बड़ी महत्वाकांक्षा है।
- The ambitious clerk finally became the bank's manager.
महत्वाकांक्षी लिपिक अंततः बैंक का प्रबंधक बन गया।
- Her ambitious father wanted her to top the state.
उसके महत्वाकांक्षी पिता चाहते थे कि वह राज्य में प्रथम आए।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He is very ambitious about becoming an IAS officer since childhood.
✓ He has been very ambitious about becoming an IAS officer since childhood.
With since, a state continuing up to now takes the present perfect.
'Since' के साथ अतीत से अब तक बनी रहने वाली अवस्था के लिए present perfect आता है।
✗ This is a very ambitious target for achieving in one year.
✓ This is a very ambitious target to achieve in one year.
After a noun like target or plan, use to + verb to show purpose, not for + -ing.
Target या plan जैसे noun के बाद उद्देश्य बताने के लिए to + verb आता है, 'for + -ing' नहीं।
✗ She is a ambitious girl.
✓ She is an ambitious girl.
Ambitious begins with a vowel sound, so the article is an.
'Ambitious' स्वर-ध्वनि से शुरू होता है, इसलिए article 'an' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Ambitious, aspiring and enterprising all describe a drive to go forward, but they point to different qualities.
Ambitious, aspiring और enterprising आगे बढ़ने की इच्छा बताते हैं, पर इनकी विशेषताएँ अलग-अलग हैं।
Strongly wanting success, or very demanding in scale.
सफलता की प्रबल चाह, या बहुत बड़े पैमाने वाला।
- He is an ambitious young officer.
Firm in purpose and unwilling to give up, whatever the goal.
अपने उद्देश्य में दृढ़ और हार न मानने वाला, लक्ष्य चाहे कोई भी हो।
- She was determined to finish the course.
enterprising
Ready to try new and bold ideas, especially in business.
नए और साहसी विचार आज़माने को तैयार, विशेषकर व्यापार में।
- An enterprising farmer opened a dairy.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
aspiring driven enterprising eager determined challenging demanding bold grandiose difficult
Antonyms
AaSpelling
am·bi·tious
With -tious (not 'ambicious'); the noun ambition.
अंत में -tious ('ambicious' गलत है); noun ambition।
?Which word?
Keep the ambition words together: ambitious, aspiring, go-getting (informal), enterprising (full of new ideas).
महत्वाकांक्षा के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: ambitious, aspiring, go-getting (अनौपचारिक), enterprising (नए विचारों से भरा)।
§Grammar and usage
Ambitious to do sth, ambitious for sb (wanting success for them).
'ambitious to do sth', 'ambitious for sb' (उसकी सफलता चाहना)।