ambition vs object

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. 

object

noun
  • A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed. 

  • An instantiation of a class or structure. 

  • An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms). 

  • Objective; goal, end or purpose of something. 

  • A thing that has physical existence but is not alive. 

  • The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action. 

verb
  • To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection. 

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