access vs ambition

access

noun
  • An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion. 

  • Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet. 

  • Complicity or assent. 

  • Admission to sexual intercourse. 

  • A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage. 

  • The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility. 

  • The act of approaching or entering; an advance. 

  • An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit. 

  • The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child. 

  • The quality of being easy to approach or enter. 

  • The process of locating data in memory. 

verb
  • To gain or obtain access to. 

  • To have access to (data). 

ambition

noun
  • An object of an ardent desire. 

  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. 

  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. 

  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. 

verb
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. 

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