Desire and Prize

Desire

Desire verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

Usage example: he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday

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Prize and desire are semantically related In some cases you can use "Prize" instead a verb "Desire".

Nearby Words: desirous, desirable, desired, desiring, Desiree

Prize verb - To draw out by force or with effort.

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Desire and prize are semantically related in goal topic. Sometimes you can use "Desire" instead the word "Prize" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: prized, prizing

human	human desire	human prize
good	good desire	good prize
particular	particular desire	particular prize
specific	specific desire	specific prize
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, great, huge, little, main, secret, ultimate, new, greater, greatest, biggest.

Variable Geo: This applies equally to the entrants of the VG tournament, regardless whether it's for the grand prize, the desire to compete, or to settle grudges against other participants.

Source: Unwitting Pawn
He purposely gets it wrong by talking about how he himself learned that family is more important than TV, but then they win a consolation prize, a tiny TV, and soon the family is back to watching TV and ignoring Fran's desire to spend more time as a family.

Source: Series / Dinosaurs

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