Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

vaulting

2 adjective
     
vaulting2

vaulting ambition

literary the desire to achieve as much as possible:
a man of vaulting ambition with the talents to match
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary