Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambitionize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-bi-tion-ize
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or become ambitious.

Example Sentences

"Here is the Rua do Alecrim, consisting of a dismantled hut on one side, faced by seven poor tenements, of which one, by affecting a square box as an upper story, ambitionizes the title of " Sobradinho.""
"The “Y” man Americanizes the foreigner and ambitionizes the American"
"Some of these families might be cured in six months; others it might take a year to Americanize, “sanitanize” and “ambitionize”."

Etymology

From ambition + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ambition

Inflected Forms

ambitionizes (present, singular) ambitionizing (participle, present) ambitionized (participle, past) ambitionized (past)

Questions

What does ambitionize mean?: To make or become ambitious.
Where does ambitionize come from?: From ambition + -ize.

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