aggressive
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3.6
- adjective
- /əˈɡrɛsɪv/
:
agresivo
- He took an aggressive approach to achieve his career goals, always seeking out new opportunities.
- an aggressive campaign
- aggressive marketing
- an aggressive strategy
We need to take a more aggressive stance towards them.
- We need to take a more aggressive stance towards them.
- Liam is known around the world for his aggressive technique and style.
- I see typically more aggressive investing from men.
- We're going to be aggressive like we made the Ashes.
- And you really have to be proactive and aggressive about making the changes.
- It's going to be something much more aggressive and cool, dramatic.
- People are so innovative here, so risk aggressive, the gears turn on.
- Like it's not super aggressive, it's just it's just enough.
- We we started going aggressive on this about two years ago.
- Could some aggressive energy could be in that realm.
Examples
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Mayor Walsh has long been an aggressive advocate for strong public schools.
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You're gonna be focused and aggressive, and you're gonna play to win.
Fiction book (1997) -
You can also if you are more aggressive, start an online store.
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First, the more aggressive approach does work.
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Now, to that effect, my team have come up with a pretty aggressive new campaign.
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We need to take a more aggressive stance towards them.
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And the station manager says we are gonna be the most aggressive radio station in Detroit.
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In fact, Canada is even more aggressive in getting immigrants than the United States.
Academic text (1999) -
It is a chance to be more aggressive in your tactics.
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The company launched an aggressive marketing campaign to attract more customers.
Synonyms
220
3.0
Showing great power, anger or passion
152
3.9
Wanting to be better than other people and win
128
3.7
Wanting very much to succeed and willing to work hard
93
1.6
Full of energy and active
75
5.0
Being rude and trying too hard to make people do what you want
62
4.3
Showing strong power and clear confidence in speech or actions
42
4.2
Showing confidence when saying what you want or think
36
7.0
Showing anger and wanting to argue with others
31
6.1
Being ready to argue or fight
26
7.5
Being ready to argue or fight
8
8.4
Very bold and rude in a way that forces people to notice
Being strongly determined to succeed, often in a pushy way
Being confident and forceful when you speak or act, sometimes sounding rude
Someone who acts in a pushy way to get ahead and promote their own interests
Showing a desire to argue or compete with others
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Compounds
How Forceful
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Morphology
Etymology
Aggressive comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and gress 'step' and is like the word progress, which means 'move forward'; think of someone 'stepping forward' strongly toward a goal, which is why it can mean determined and energetic.