ambitious effort

collocation in English

meaningsofambitiousandeffort

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ambitious
adjective
uk
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/us
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofambitiousandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In their mixture of amateurish incompleteness andambitiouseffort, the pages bear witness to a conflict.
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It is a shame that such anambitiouseffortshould be marred by serious defects.
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This is anambitiouseffort, which is key to our future.
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This book is the perfect springboard for a moreambitiouseffortto tell a larger story-based on the analytical rigor of these experiments-about the sustainability of organic farming systems.
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Singler (2001) has been the mostambitiouseffortto date.
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This book is anambitiouseffortby three well-known and well-respected scholars to fill an acknowledged void in the literature-a text covering the burgeoning field of empirical finance.
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It is, though, smartly crafted, highly original in its approach and a strikinglyambitiouseffortfor the genre.
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Thisambitiouseffortinvolves historic preservation, interpretive exhibits, and a new public facility.
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However, more ambitious efforts to expand the tripartite system resulted in new taxonomic systems of increasing scope and complexity.
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However, more ambitious efforts to expand the tripartite system resulted in new taxonomic systems of increasing complexity.
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The result is overly ambitious efforts which are likely to fail and impose significant costs on innocent people.
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