adjective
aggressive
CEFR B1
having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
In a sentence
Six example sentences with aggressive, each labelled with its topic.
The chain took an aggressive approach to expansion, opening ninety stores in eighteen months across four countries.
Business
Her aggressive savings plan put forty percent of every paycheque away, which left almost nothing for anything but rent.
Finance
An aggressive hiring push doubled the team before anyone had written the onboarding guide, and three new engineers quit.
Startups
The coach demanded aggressive defense, and his guards pressed the ball the full length of the court all night.
Basketball
Doctors chose an aggressive treatment schedule, compressing six months of therapy into ten crowded weeks.
Medicine
An aggressive opening left her with three expansions by minute five and nothing at all to defend them with.
Gaming
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Found in these word lists
Found in 7 published word lists
- Business Word List (part 1)Authoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Nursing Word ListAuthoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
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