English
Etymology
Middle English acheven, from OF. achever, achiever, French achever, to finish; Ã (Latin ad + Old French chief, French chef, end, head, from Latin caput head. See chief
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
#:*Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. - I. Taylor
- To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
#:*Some are born great, some achieve greatness - Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II-v
#:*Thou hast achieved our liberty. - Milton
- obsolete To obtain with a material thing as the aim
#:*Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved. - Prior
#:*He hath achieved a maid / That paragons description. - Shakespeare, Othello, II-i
- obsolete To finish; to kill. - Shakespeare
Synonyms
To accomplish; effect; fulfil / fulfill; complete; execute; perform; realize; obtain. See accomplish
Derived terms
achievement
achiever
Translations
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Dutch: bereiken, realiseren
Finnish: saavuttaa, saada aikaan
French: accomplir
German: erreichen
Indonesian: capai|mencapai, raih|meraih
Interlingua: accomplir, complir, realisar
Italian: realizzare
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Japanese: ���� (tassei suru)
Polish: osi�gn��, zrealizowa�
Portuguese: realizar, cumprir
Spanish: lograr, realizar
Swedish: uppnå, klara (av)
Norwegian: oppnå
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