Objective and Wish

Objective

Objective noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Usage example: the summer camp's stated objective is to produce tournament-level tennis players

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Wish and objective are semantically related. in purpose topic. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead a noun "Objective".

Wish noun - An expression of some desire or inclination.

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Objective and wish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Objective" instead a noun "Wish".

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

similar	similar objective	similar wish
specific	specific objective	specific wish
stated	stated objective	stated wish
current	current objective	current wish
Other adjectives: original, initial, true, single, simple, actual, real, main, secret, ultimate, new, major, possible, final, remaining, next, last, different, previous.

Justified: This is the objective of Villain Protagonist Boyd Crowder, and of a succession of antagonists, all of whom wish to bring Harlan County under their own control.

Source: Take Over the City
In addition to collecting the titular wish-granting MacGuffins, the objective of the game is for the player characters to fight their way out of the castle.

Source: Ominous Floating Castle
Jintan's mother told Menma about how a person can be reincarnated as another creature (such as a cat or a flower) after they die, and this becomes Menma's objective after she remembers her original wish.

Source: Anime / anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

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