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    • Synonyms achieve American [uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /

    verb (used with object)

    achieved, achieving

    1. to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish.

      The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.

      Synonyms: reach, realize, execute, effect, complete, consummate

    2. to get or attain by effort; gain; obtain.

      to achieve victory.

      Synonyms: win, realize

    verb (used without object)

    achieved, achieving

    1. to bring about an intended result; accomplish some purpose or effect.

    achieve British / əˈtʃiːv /

    verb

    1. to bring to a successful conclusion; accomplish; attain

    2. to gain as by hard work or effort

      to achieve success

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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    See do 1.

    Other Word Forms

    • achievable adjective
    • achiever noun
    • outachieve verb (used with object)
    • preachieved adjective
    • superachiever noun
    • unachievable adjective
    • unachieved adjective
    • well-achieved adjective

    Etymology

    Origin of achieve

    First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English acheven, from Old French achever “to finish,” from phrase a chef “to (the) head,” i.e., “to conclusion”; chief

    Example Sentences

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    “He put himself in a position to achieve the accolades, so we need to make sure we do what we need to, to play our game.”

    From Los Angeles Times

    "There are strong national mandates in terms of direction and physical targets that cities are tasked to achieve," Mr Jha writes.

    From BBC

    "Today was a historic day. We overcame so many difficulties and obstacles to get here and achieve something no one expected of us," said Mozambique coach Chiquinho Conde.

    From Barron's

    Despite decades of effort, no magnetic confinement system has achieved a plasma energy gain greater than 1—that is, break-even.

    From The Wall Street Journal

    This technology allowed them to follow the movements of bigscale pomfret over time, something that had been difficult to achieve with deep-sea fish.

    From Science Daily

    Related Words

    • accomplish
    • attain
    • bring about
    • carry out
    • complete
    • conclude
    • do
    • earn
    • enact
    • end
    • gain
    • manage
    • obtain
    • produce
    • reach
    • realize
    • resolve
    • settle
    • sign
    • solve

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