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English

Etymology

, from {{term|achever||achiever|lang=fro}} (French {{term|achever||to finish|lang=fr}}). From , from {{term||ad|lang=la}}; + (French {{term|chef||end, head|lang=fr}}), from {{term|caput||head|lang=la}}. See chief

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əˈtʃi:v/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-achieve.ogg


Verb

  1. 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.
  2. :*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
  3. To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
  4. :*Some are born great, some achieve greatness - Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II-v
  5. :*Thou hast achieved our liberty. - Milton
  6. To obtain with a material thing as the aim
  7. :*Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved. - Prior
  8. :*He hath achieved a maid / That paragons description. - Shakespeare, Othello, II-i
  9. To finish; to kill. - Shakespeare


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Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Achieve \A*chieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Achieved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Achieving.] [OE. acheven, OF. achever, achiever, F.
achever, to finish; [`a] (L. ad) + OF. chief, F. chef, end,
head, fr. L. caput head. See Chief.]
1. 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.
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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.
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2. To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed
in gaining; to win.
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness. --Shak.
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Thou hast achieved our liberty. --Milton.
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Note: [[Obs]., with a material thing as the aim.]
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Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
--Prior.
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He hath achieved a maid
That paragons description. --Shak.
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3. To finish; to kill. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: To accomplish; effect; fulfill; complete; execute;
perform; realize; obtain. See Accomplish.
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WordNet achieve
v : to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite
setbacks" [syn: accomplish, attain, reach]
Moby Dictionary
accomplish , acquire , act , actualize , 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 fruition , bring to pass , carry off , carry out , cause ,
check in , clock in , come , come in , come to , come to hand , commit ,
compass , complete , conclude , conquer , consummate ,
crown with success , deal with , discharge , dispatch , dispose of , do ,
do the job , do the trick , do to , effect , effectuate , enact ,
engineer , execute , fetch , fetch up at , find , finish , fulfill , gain ,
get , get by , get in , get there , get to , go and do , hit , hit town ,
industrialize , inflict , knock off , make , make it , manage ,
mass-produce , obtain , overcome , overproduce , pay , perform ,
perpetrate , polish off , pop up , produce , pull in , pull off ,
punch in , put across , put away , put over , put through , reach ,
realize , render , ring in , roll in , score , secure , show up , sign in ,
succeed , succeed in , surmount , take and do , take care of , time in ,
turn the trick , turn up , up and do , volume-produce , win , work ,
work out , wreak


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