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English

Etymology

Compare achèvement, English hatchment

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əˈtʃiːvmənt/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-achievement.ogg


Noun

  1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his/her object.
  2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.
  3. :[The exploits] of the ancient saints ... do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. - Barrow
  4. :The highest achievements of the human intellect. - Macaulay
  5. In the Context of An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. - Cussans


Translations

  • Polish: dokonanie , osiągnięcie
  • Russian: {{t|ru|достижение|n|tr=dostižénije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|успех|m|tr=usp'éχ|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|свершение|n|tr=sv'eršénije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|выполнение|n|tr=vypoln'énije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|исполнение|n|tr=ispoln'énije|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Polish: dokonanie , osiągnięcie
  • Russian: {{t|ru|подвиг|m|tr=pódvig|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|свершение|n|tr=sv'eršénije|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Finnish:

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Category:Heraldic terminology Category:English words with positive connotations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Hatchment \Hatch"ment\ (-ment), n. [Corrupt. fr. achievement.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Her.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased
person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls
of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is
hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of
giving public notification of the death of the deceased,
his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc.
Called also achievement.
[1913 Webster]

His obscure funeral;
No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in
general, a mark of dignity.
[1913 Webster]

Let there be deducted, out of our main potation,
Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh.
--Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Achievement \A*chieve"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. ach[`e]vement,
E. Hatchment.]
1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by
exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the
achievement of his object.
[1913 Webster]

2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor,
boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.
[1913 Webster]

[The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far
surpass the most famous achievements of pagan
heroes. --Barrow.
[1913 Webster]

The highest achievements of the human intellect.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Her.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally
applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
--Cussans.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet achievement
n : the action of accomplishing something [syn: accomplishment]
Moby Dictionary
accomplished fact , accomplishment , acquirement , acquisition , act ,
acta , action , administration , advent , adventure , alerion ,
animal charge , annulet , appearance , approach , argent , aristeia ,
armorial bearings , armory , arms , arrival , attainment , azure ,
bandeau , bar , bar sinister , baton , bearings , bend , bend sinister ,
billet , blazon , blazonry , blow , bold stroke , bordure ,
bringing to fruition , broad arrow , cadency mark , canton ,
carrying out , chaplet , charge , chevron , chief , coat of arms ,
cockatrice , coming , commission , completion , conduct , consummation ,
coronet , coup , crescent , crest , cross , cross moline , crown ,
dealings , deed , device , difference , differencing , discharge ,
dispatch , doing , doings , eagle , effectuation , effort , enactment ,
endeavor , enterprise , ermine , ermines , erminites , erminois ,
escutcheon , execution , exploit , fait accompli , falcon , feat , fess ,
fess point , field , file , finish , flanch , fleur-de-lis , fret ,
fruition , fulfillment , fur , fusil , garland , gest , go , griffin ,
gules , gyron , hand , handiwork , handling , hatchment , helmet ,
heraldic device , heroic act , honor point , impalement , impaling ,
implementation , inescutcheon , job , label , lion , lozenge ,
management , maneuver , mantling , marshaling , martlet , mascle ,
measure , metal , mission accomplished , motto , move , mullet ,
nombril point , octofoil , operation , or , ordinary , orle ,
overproduction , overt act , pale , paly , passage , pean , performance ,
perpetration , pheon , proceeding , production , productiveness ,
purpure , quarter , quartering , reaching , realization , res gestae ,
rose , sable , saltire , scutcheon , shield , spread eagle , step ,
stroke , stunt , subordinary , success , tenne , thing , thing done ,
tincture , torse , tour de force , transaction , tressure , turn ,
undertaking , unicorn , vair , vert , victory , work , works , wreath ,
yale


ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
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