English-Wörter für 'excessively ambitious'
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verb
noun
- (by extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
- (manufacturing) An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
- (literally) Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.
- (literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
- any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
- the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
noun
verb
- To do something excessively.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To provide (food or drinks) for free.
- (nautical) To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
- To provide.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To repeatedly say (particular types of thing).
- (colloquial) To blame; to shift blame onto someone or something.
- (transitive, slang) To give (money, drugs, etc.) to (someone).
- (UK) To give (something) as a gift, special treat or bonus.
- (transitive) To apply or implement (something).
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To impart or explain (something) in words to (someone).
- (transitive) To cover something with a layer of (something).
- (nautical) To vigorously row (an oar) to propel a boat or ship.
noun
- (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
- (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
- (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
- (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
- The great northern diver or loon.
- (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
- (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
- (metalworking, construction) A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun.
- A person who operates a gun.
- (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.
- a serviceman in the artillery
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
contraction
adv
adj
verb
verb
- do something to an excessive degree
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).
- (transitive) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
- (transitive) To cook for too long.
verb
noun
- (countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
- (countable, uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
- (countable, uncountable, ecology) The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
- an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
verb
- (ambitransitive) To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability; to overextend.
- (ambitransitive, reflexive, equestrianism) Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
- (transitive, property law) To defeat or override a person's interest in property; (British, specifically) of a holder of the legal title of real property: by mortgaging or selling the legal title to a third party, to cause another person's equitable right in the property to be dissolved and to be replaced by an equitable right in the money received from the third party.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
- fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
- beat through cleverness and wit
noun
adj
verb
noun
noun
- An excess, too much.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- That which is swallowed.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
verb
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
noun
- extravagant exaggeration
- the act of making something more noticeable than usual
- making to seem more important than it really is
- The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
- A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
- The act of heaping or piling up.
noun
- A hyperbole: excessiveness.
- (literature, art) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
- A banality: an unaffectingly clichéd or trite treatment of a topic.
- An anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.
- (literature, art) A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:
- (uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.
- Immaturity: a lack of serious treatment of a topic.
- Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- insincere pathos
- triteness or triviality of style
- a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
noun
verb
noun
- (by extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
- (manufacturing) An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
- (literally) Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.
- (literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
- any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
- the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
noun
- (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
- (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
- (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
- (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
- The great northern diver or loon.
- (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
- (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
- (metalworking, construction) A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun.
- A person who operates a gun.
- (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.
- a serviceman in the artillery
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
contraction
noun
- An excess, too much.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- That which is swallowed.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
verb
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
noun
- extravagant exaggeration
- the act of making something more noticeable than usual
- making to seem more important than it really is
- The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
- A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
- The act of heaping or piling up.
noun
- A hyperbole: excessiveness.
- (literature, art) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
- A banality: an unaffectingly clichéd or trite treatment of a topic.
- An anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.
- (literature, art) A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:
- (uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.
- Immaturity: a lack of serious treatment of a topic.
- Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- insincere pathos
- triteness or triviality of style
- a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
verb
noun
- (by extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
- (manufacturing) An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
- (literally) Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.
- (literally, military) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
- any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
- the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
verb
- To do something excessively.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To provide (food or drinks) for free.
- (nautical) To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
- To provide.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To repeatedly say (particular types of thing).
- (colloquial) To blame; to shift blame onto someone or something.
- (transitive, slang) To give (money, drugs, etc.) to (someone).
- (UK) To give (something) as a gift, special treat or bonus.
- (transitive) To apply or implement (something).
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To impart or explain (something) in words to (someone).
- (transitive) To cover something with a layer of (something).
- (nautical) To vigorously row (an oar) to propel a boat or ship.
verb
- do something to an excessive degree
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).
- (transitive) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
- (transitive) To cook for too long.
verb
noun
- (countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
- (countable, uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
- (countable, uncountable, ecology) The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
- an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
verb
- (ambitransitive) To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability; to overextend.
- (ambitransitive, reflexive, equestrianism) Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
- (transitive, property law) To defeat or override a person's interest in property; (British, specifically) of a holder of the legal title of real property: by mortgaging or selling the legal title to a third party, to cause another person's equitable right in the property to be dissolved and to be replaced by an equitable right in the money received from the third party.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
- fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
- beat through cleverness and wit