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Meaning of ambicii | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
ambiˈt͡sii

Definitions

to have the ambition to (do something); to aspire to (something)

transitive

Examples

“John Cyprian Rust and A. E. Wackrill (translators), The New Testament, Romanoj (Romans) 15.20, jenon ambiciante: tiel prediki la evangelion, ne tie, kie Kristo jam estis priparolita, ke mi ne konstruu sur la fundamento de alia thus making it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on another man’s foundation,”
“Donald Broadribb (translator), La perdita princino de Oz (The Lost Princess of Oz) by L. Frank Baum, Chapter 12,”

he is very ambitious to become the most powerful magician in the world

“Mauro Nervi, “Kliŝdetruo trompe tradicia,” review of Miguel Fernández, Jorge Camacho, Gonçalo Neves, Liven Dek, Ekstremoj,”

Works that stay away from the edge of the abyss and do not dare to go beyond received ideas and moral prejudices do not have the right to aspire to the title of literary works

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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