unachievable
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; Middle English acheven < Old French achever to finish, from phrase a chef to (the) head (i.e., to conclusion). See chief
1275–1325; Middle English acheven < Old French 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
out·a·chieve, verb (used with object), out·a·chieved, out·a·chiev·ing.
pre·a·chieved, adjective
su·per·a·chiev·er, noun
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to bring to a successful conclusion; accomplish; attain |
| 2. | to gain as by hard work or effort: to achieve success |
| [C14: from Old French achever to bring to an end, from the phrase a chef to a head, to a conclusion] | |
| a'chievable | |
| —adj | |
| a'chiever | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
achieve
early 14c., from O.Fr. achever "to 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 stem of L. caput "head" (see head).
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