different between intense vs ambitious
intense
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French intense, from Latin intensus (“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere (“to stretch out”), from in (“in, upon, to”) + tendere (“to stretch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Adjective
intense (comparative intenser or more intense, superlative intensest or most intense)
- Strained; tightly drawn.
- Strict, very close or earnest.
- Extreme in degree; excessive.
- Extreme in size or strength.
- Stressful and tiring.
- Very severe.
- Very emotional or passionate.
Derived terms
Related terms
- intensive
Translations
Further reading
- intense in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- intense in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- intense at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- enseint, sentine, tennesi, tennies
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
intense
- Inflected form of intens
Anagrams
- niesten
French
Etymology
From Middle French intense. Ultimately from Latin intensus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t??s/
Adjective
intense (plural intenses)
- intense
Related terms
Further reading
- “intense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- seinent, tiennes
Interlingua
Adjective
intense (comparative plus intense, superlative le plus intense)
- intense
Related terms
- intensitate
Italian
Adjective
intense f pl
- feminine plural of intenso
Anagrams
- sentine
Latin
Adjective
int?nse
- vocative masculine singular of int?nsus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
intense
- inflection of intens:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
intense
- inflection of intens:
- definite singular
- plural
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ambitious
English
Etymology
From Middle English ambitious, from Old French *ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æm?b??.?s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
ambitious (comparative ambitiouser or more ambitious, superlative ambitiousest or most ambitious)
- (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
- 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Man with the Twisted Lip,"
- As I grew richer I grew more ambitious, took a house in the country, and eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation.
- 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Man with the Twisted Lip,"
- (followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
- 30 June 2019, Sam Wallace in The Telegraph, Manchester United must shape Aaron Wan-Bissaka into a £50m all-rounder - but there is no hiding place at Old Trafford
- Now he is joining a club ambitious to return to a model of dominating games and attacking opposition.
- 1864, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods
- We were soon in the midst of the rapids, which were more swift and tumultuous than any we had poled up, and had turned to the side of the stream for the purpose of warping, when the boatmen, who felt some pride in their skill, and were ambitious to do something more than usual
- 30 June 2019, Sam Wallace in The Telegraph, Manchester United must shape Aaron Wan-Bissaka into a £50m all-rounder - but there is no hiding place at Old Trafford
- Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
- Synonyms: showy, aspiring
- Hard to achieve.
Antonyms
- nonambitious
- unambitious
Derived terms
- ambitiously
- ambitiousness
- overambitious
- underambitious
Related terms
- ambition
Translations
References
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “ambitious”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
- ambitious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “ambitious” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "ambitious" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
- "ambitious" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- “ambitious”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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