ambitious plan
collocation in Englishmeaningsofambitiousandplan
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ambitious
adjective
uk/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/us/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, ...
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plan
noun
uk/plæn/us/plæn/
a set of decisions about how to do something in ...
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(Definition ofambitiousandplanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofambitious plan
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What does it mean? 99% of all businesses are now affected by thisambitiousplan.
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Five years after thisambitiousplan, we have to conclude that those objectives are a long way from being met.
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It is a veryambitiousplan, but it has been clear from the beginning that this is not going to be solved over a weekend.
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The challenge was enormous, as was the risk of failure, since anambitiousplanon the same scale as the need had to be defined.
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Figure 4 illustrates thisambitiousplanfor export promotion.
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However, he failed to master the art of securing the political support necessary to push forward hisambitiousplanof economic modernisation by mass mobilisation, party alliances or elite pacts.
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Even compared to the emissions trading scheme for industry, this is a veryambitiousplan.
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The leaders of the central banks have alerted governments to anambitiousplanto correct deficits.
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I think that if we say we would like to do it within the period of this legislature, it is a veryambitiousplan.
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What we cannot understand is why it should not form part of anambitiousplan.
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Initially, anambitiousplanto develop the site commercially was investigated.
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This is a bold andambitiousplan, and it is one that needs to be discussed.
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The institution today announced anambitiousplanto establish up to eight engineering centres by the end of the century.
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This, of course, is a veryambitiousplan.
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Sometimes anambitiousplanwill not be met.
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Instead, the county council has embarked on anambitiousplanfor this derelict area.
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In any case it will involve a moreambitiousplanthan we believe local authorities will undertake.
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It is a long-term andambitiousplan, but this will not prevent us from taking action.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We have anambitiousplanfor coal in this country.
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