ambitious project
collocation in Englishmeaningsofambitiousandproject
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ambitious
adjective
uk/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/us/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, ...
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project
noun[C]
uk/ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/us/ˈprɑː.dʒekt/
a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a ...
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(Definition ofambitiousandprojectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofambitious project
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However, as in anyambitiousproject, it does leave some issues unexplored.
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This is anambitiousproject, especially for so short a book (only 152 pages of text, plus endnotes).
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The title reveals anambitiousproject, but the contents may disappoint specialists in history or theology.
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Indeed, there are some exceptions, but this is only to be expected with such anambitiousprojectcontaining so many examples.
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Such anambitiousprojectwith such a diverse stylistic hinterland might be thought inimical to truly symphonic composition: so, alas, it proves.
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This is a highlyambitiousproject, which within a chronological framework seeks to weave together a number of historical strands.
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The two editors have managed to cajole a highly credible team of 10 other authors to join them in thisambitiousproject.
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A wealth of sources to advance such anambitiousprojectis presented.
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This is an extremelyambitiousprojecton a grand scale.
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It is anambitiousproject.
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This is an interesting andambitiousproject.
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I started thisambitiousprojectas a design studio with 11 students, who brought materials for a group of around 20 third- to sixth-grade pupils to make paper collages.
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But when we finished working on it, we felt that we had accumulated enough experience to move on to a moreambitiousproject: the link between trade and long-run growth.
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Sampson is well aware of the difficulties which surround such anambitiousproject.
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This was to be anambitiousproject.
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Should the taxpayer, together with private capital, be embarking on such anambitiousprojectas to produce himself nearly one-third of this required timber?
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It is an enormouslyambitiousprojectand the board will need resources commensurate with that.
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It was a fantasticallyambitiousprojectand it saddened us that we could not proceed with it.
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Decision makers at national level will have to be sufficiently far-sighted if thisambitiousprojectis to succeed.
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This is anambitiousprojectbut one that is crucial.
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