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Collocations for ambitious - adj.

1. determined to be successful

VERBS

be, seem

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
highly
He is a highly ambitious politician.
fiercely, ruthlessly
politically, socially

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PREPOSITION

for
She is very ambitious for her four children.

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2. difficult to achieve

VERBS

be, seem

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
hugely, wildly
overly
Phases 2 and 3 seem overly ambitious.

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PREPOSITION

in
The book is ambitious in scope.

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Ambitious is used with these nouns:
agenda, aim, effort, enterprise, entrepreneur, goal, idea, piece, plan, programme, project, proposal, scale, schedule, scheme, target, undertaking, venture, work

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