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Definition of Achieve
1. Verb. To gain with effort. "She achieved her goal despite setbacks"
Specialized synonyms: Score, Get To, Make, Progress To, Reach, Begin, Come To, Strike, Culminate, Compass, Average, Finagle, Manage, Wangle
Generic synonyms: Bring Home The Bacon, Come Through, Deliver The Goods, Succeed, Win
Derivative terms: Accomplishment, Achievable, Achievement, Achiever, Attainable, Attainment
Definition of Achieve
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Achieve
1. Verb. (intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully. (defdate 14th-18th c.) ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To conclude, to turn out. (defdate 14th-16th c.) ¹
6. Verb. (context: transitive now literary) To obtain (a material thing). (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Achieve
1. to carry out successfully [v ACHIEVED, ACHIEVING, ACHIEVES]
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