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a·chieve

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.

2.	to get or attain by effort; gain; obtain: to achieve victory.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to bring about an intended result; accomplish some purpose or effect.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME acheven < OF achever to finish, from phrase a chef to (the) head (i.e., to conclusion). See chief

]

—Related forms

a·chiev·a·ble, adjective

a·chiev·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. consummate, complete; effect, execute; realize, reach. See do¹. 2. realize, win.

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a·chieve Audio Help   (ə-chēv') Pronunciation Key
v.   a·chieved, a·chiev·ing, a·chieves

v.   tr.

To perform or carry out with success; accomplish. See Synonyms at perform.
To attain with effort or despite difficulty. See Synonyms at reach.

v. intr.
To accomplish something successfully; perform at a standard or above standard level: skills needed to achieve in school.

[Middle English acheven, from Old French achever, from a chief (venir), (to come) to a head; see chief.]

a·chiev'a·ble adj., a·chiev'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
achieve

c.1325, from O.Fr. achever "finish," from phrase à chef (venir) "at an end, finished," or V.L. *accapare, from L.L. ad caput (venire); both the O.Fr. and L.L. phrases meaning lit. "to come to a head," from L. caput "head" (see head).

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achieve
verb
to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
achieve [əˈtʃiːv] verb

to gain or reach successfully
Example: He has achieved his ambition.

Arabic:	يُتِم ، يُحَقِّق، يُنْجِز
Chinese (Simplified):	取得，实现
Chinese (Traditional):	取得，實現
Czech:	dosáhnout, docílit
Danish:	opnå; nå
Dutch:	bereiken
Estonian:	saavutama
Finnish:	saavuttaa
French:	réaliser
German:	erreichen
Greek:	πετυχαίνω
Hungarian:	teljesít
Icelandic:	afreka
Indonesian:	mencapai
Italian:	realizzare

Japanese:	なしとげる
Korean:	이루다, 성공하다
Latvian:	sasniegt; gūt; veikt
Lithuanian:	pasiekti, įgyvendinti
Norwegian:	(opp)nå
Polish:	osiągać
Portuguese (Brazil):	realizar
Portuguese (Portugal):	realizar
Romanian:	a realiza
Russian:	достигать
Slovak:	dosiahnuť
Slovenian:	doseči
Spanish:	conseguir, lograr
Swedish:	uppnå, åstadkomma
Turkish:	ulaşmak, elde etmek

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Achieve

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.

That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. --Dan. ix. 2.

He had accomplished half a league or more. --Prescott.

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.

This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. --Luke xxii. 37.

3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.

The armorers accomplishing the knights. --Shak.

It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. --Wilkins.

These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. --Cowden Clarke.

4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] --Shak.

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.

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.

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