how to pronounce ambitious

/əmˈbɪʃəs/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of ambitious is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

ambitious is pronounced in three syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of ambitious

1.

2.

3. example pitch curve for pronunciation of ambitious

test your pronunciation of ambitious

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of ambitious

video examples of ambitious pronunciation

An example use of ambitious in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… have partnered on ambitious plans for …”

meanings of ambitious

adjective:

Very desirous.
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition.
Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
Hard to achieve.

ambitious frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word ambitious occurs in english on average 9.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ambitious can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ambitious can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;