an ambitious dream

/ən æmˈbɪʃəs driːm/

noun phrase

  1. A hope or goal that is very difficult to achieve and requires great effort, skill, or determination.

    B1

    countable noun phrase

    • "Starting my own business is an ambitious dream."B1
    • "Their ambitious dream is to build a school in every rural village."B2
    • "Although it seemed unrealistic at first, she developed a detailed plan to turn her ambitious dream into reality."C1

Common mistakes

  • an ambition dream→an ambitious dream

    "Ambitious" is the adjective that describes the dream; "ambition" is a noun.

Collocations

pursue an ambitious dreamachieve an ambitious dreamturn an ambitious dream into realitychase an ambitious dream

Word family

ambitionambitiousdreamdreamer