adj
Meaning 1
Excessively ambitious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overambitious
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
excessively ambitious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English ambitious English overambitious From over- + ambitious.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Irish: aindréimeach — excessively ambitious
- Norwegian Bokmål: overambisiøs — excessively ambitious
- Norwegian Nynorsk: overambisiøs — excessively ambitious
- Spanish: rampante — excessively ambitious
- Spanish: sobreambicioso — excessively ambitious