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.
An object of an ardent desire.
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.
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
Having won a prize; award-winning.
First-rate; exceptional.