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ac⋅com⋅plished

  [uh-kom-plisht]
Use accomplished in a Sentence
–adjective
1. completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
2. highly skilled; expert: an accomplished pianist.
3. having all the social graces, manners, and other attainments of polite society.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see accomplish, -ed 2

ac⋅com⋅plish

  [uh-kom-plish]
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
2. to complete (a distance or period of time): to have accomplished the age of 70; We accomplished the journey in little more than an hour.
3. Archaic. to provide polish to; perfect.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, earlier accomplice < MF accompliss-, s. of acomplir, equiv. to a- ac- + complir ≪ L complēre to fill; see complete, -ish 2

Related forms:
ac⋅com⋅plish⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ac⋅com⋅plish⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. complete, fulfill; execute, effect. See do 1 .
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ac·com·plish   (ə-kŏm'plĭsh)   
tr.v.   ac·com·plished, ac·com·plish·ing, ac·com·plish·es
  1. To succeed in doing; bring to pass. See Synonyms at perform.
  2. To reach the end of; complete.

[Middle English accomplisshen, from Old French acomplir, acompliss-, to complete : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + complir, to complete (from Latin complēre, to fill out; see complete).]
ac·com'plish·a·ble adj., ac·com'plish·er n.
ac·com·plished   (ə-kŏm'plĭsht)   
adj.  
  1. Skilled; expert: an accomplished pianist.
  2. Having many social graces; polished or refined.
  3. Unquestionable; indubitable: That smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact.
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Accomplished

Ac*com"plished\, a. 1. Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.

2. Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain.

They . . . show themselves accomplished bees. --Holland.

Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. --Milton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : accomplished
Spanish: consumado,
German: geschickt,
Japanese: 熟達した
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