achieve

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/əˈt͡ʃiːv/

verb 5

Collocations

(verb.)

VERB + ACHIEVE

fail to

Despite their best efforts, the team failed to achieve their goal of winning the championship last season.

be designed to | be difficult to, be easy to, be impossible to, be possible to

Definitions

verb

To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.

To carry out successfully; to accomplish.

achieve goals

achieve objectives

To conclude, finish, especially successfully.

Full many Countreyes they did overronne, From the uprising to the setting Sunne, And many hard adventures did atchieve […]

To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.

I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.

Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.

To conclude, to turn out.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — to gain with effort

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

achieve goals

Wiktionary

achieve objectives

Wiktionary

You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.

Wiktionary

You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.

Tatoeba · #2336

We must achieve our aim at any price.

Tatoeba · #23275

You'll never achieve anything if you don't study harder.

Tatoeba · #30467

Usage Notes

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In some senses, achieve is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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