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English

Etymology

< (French ) < + {{term|complere||to fill up, to complete|lang=la}}. See also , .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əˈkəm.plɪʃ/,
  • IPA: /əˈkɔm.pliʃ/,


Verb

{{en-verb|accomplishes|accomplishing|accomplished}}

  1. To finish successfully.
  2. To complete, as time or distance.
  3. :* That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. - Daniel 9:2
  4. :* He had accomplished half a league or more. - Prescott
  5. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
  6. :* This that is written must yet be accomplished in me - Luke 22:37
  7. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
  8. :* The armorers accomplishing the knights - Shakespeare, Henry V, IV-chorus
  9. :* It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. - Wilkins
  10. :* These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. - Cowden Clarke
  11. To gain; to obtain. - Shakespeare


Synonyms


Quotations

  • :* Thou shalt accomplish my desire. - 1 Kings 5:9
  • :* He . . . expressed his desire to see a union accomplished between England and Scotland. - Macaulay
  • To effect (to work out) is much like accomplish. It usually implies some degree of difficulty contended with; as, he effected or accomplished what he intended, his purpose, but little.
  • :* What he decreed, he effected. - Milton
  • :* To work in close design by fraud or guile / What force effected not. - Milton
  • To execute (to follow out to the end, to carry out, or into effect) implies a set mode of operation; as, to execute the laws or the orders of another; to execute a work, a purpose, design, plan, project.
  • To perform is much like to do, though less generally applied. It conveys a notion of protracted and methodical effort; as, to perform a mission, a part, a task, a work. *:*Thou canst best perform that office. - Milton
  • :* The Saints, like stars, around his seat / Perform their courses still. - Keble
  • To achieve (to come to the end or arrive at one's purpose) usually implies some enterprise or undertaking of importance, difficulty, and excellence


Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Accomplish \Ac*com"plish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accomplished,
p. pr. & vb. n. Accomplishing.] [OE. acomplissen, OF.
accomplir, F. accomplir; L. ad + complere to fill up,
complete. See Complete, Finish.]
1. To complete, as time or distance.
[1913 Webster]

That He would accomplish seventy years in the
desolations of Jerusalem. --Dan. ix. 2.
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He had accomplished half a league or more.
--Prescott.
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2. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to
perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a
design, an object, a promise.
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This that is written must yet be accomplished in me.
--Luke xxii.
37.
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3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in
acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
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The armorers accomplishing the knights. --Shak.
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It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those
ends to which Providence did appoint it. --Wilkins.
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These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect
woman. --Cowden
Clarke.
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4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: To do; perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate;
complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip;
furnish.

Usage: To Accomplish, Effect, Execute, Achieve,
Perform. These words agree in the general idea of
carrying out to some end proposed. To accomplish (to
fill up to the measure of the intention) generally
implies perseverance and skill; as, to accomplish a
plan proposed by one's self, an object, a design, an
undertaking. "Thou shalt accomplish my desire." --1
Kings v. 9.
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He . . . expressed his desire to see a union
accomplished between England and Scotland.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] To effect (to work out) is much like
accomplish. It usually implies some degree of
difficulty contended with; as, he effected or
accomplished what he intended, his purpose, but
little. "What he decreed, he effected." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

To work in close design by fraud or guile
What force effected not. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] To execute (to follow out to the end,
to carry out, or into effect) implies a set mode of
operation; as, to execute the laws or the orders of
another; to execute a work, a purpose, design, plan,
project. To perform is much like to do, though less
generally applied. It conveys a notion of protracted
and methodical effort; as, to perform a mission, a
part, a task, a work. "Thou canst best perform that
office." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

The Saints, like stars, around his seat
Perform their courses still. --Keble.
[1913 Webster] To achieve (to come to the end or
arrive at one's purpose) usually implies some
enterprise or undertaking of importance, difficulty,
and excellence.
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WordNet accomplish
v 1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of
the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: {carry
through}, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil]
2: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite
setbacks" [syn: achieve, attain, reach]
Moby Dictionary
achieve , act , approach , arrive , arrive at , arrive in , attain ,
attain to , be productive , be received , blow in , bob up ,
bring about , bring into being , bring off , bring through ,
bring to completion , bring to fruition , bring to pass , carry off ,
carry out , carry through , cause , check in , clock in , come , come in ,
come to , come to hand , commit , compass , complete , conclude ,
conduct , consummate , cope with , crown with success , cut , deal with ,
discharge , dispatch , dispose of , do , do the job , do the trick ,
do to , effect , effectuate , eke out , enact , end , engineer , execute ,
fetch , fetch up at , fill in , fill out , find , finish , fulfill , gain ,
get by , get in , get there , get to , go and do , hack , handle , hit ,
hit town , industrialize , inflict , knock off , make , make good ,
make it , make up , manage , mass-produce , mature , overproduce , pay ,
perform , perpetrate , piece out , polish off , pop up , produce ,
pull in , pull off , punch in , put across , put away , put over ,
put through , reach , realize , refill , render , replenish , ring in ,
roll in , round out , score , show up , sign in , succeed , swing ,
take and do , take care of , time in , top off , transact ,
turn the trick , turn up , up and do , volume-produce , win , wind up ,
work , work out , wreak


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