Desire
Object
Object noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Usage example: the object of this course is to teach you algebra
How words are described
| particular | particular desire | particular object |
| similar | similar desire | similar object |
| common | common desire | common object |
| specific | specific desire | specific object |
| Other adjectives: obvious, simple, powerful, actual, real, big, main, new, strange. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Envy is the desire for some object, item or abstract notion (such as love or power), which can lead to hatred of the possessor(s) of said object.
Source: Green-Eyed Monster -
He's unwillingly shoehorned into being the object of desire in a Love Triangle between Ninon Beart and B. Jenet.
Source: Raised by Dudes - But THEN, it's shown that both Himawari and Doumeki are more interested in Watanuki, once again creating a Love Triangle, but with the object of desire being Watanuki.
Source: Double Subversion
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