achievement

/əˈt͡ʃiːv.mənt/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) thing done successfully

ADJ

considerable, extraordinary, fine, great, important, impressive, major, no mean, notable, outstanding, real, remarkable, significant, tremendous

Winning the school science competition was a remarkable achievement for the shy student.

VERB + ACHIEVEMENT

be, constitute, represent

Winning the local tournament represented a major achievement for the young team.

PREP

~ in

His recent achievements in sports have made his parents very proud.

PHRASES

quite an achievement

Learning to play the piano at seventy years old is quite an achievement.

(noun.) act of achieving sth

ADJ

high

The student's high achievement in mathematics earned her a scholarship to university.

positive | individual, personal

human

Learning to read was one of the greatest human achievements in our history.

academic, educational, intellectual

Her intellectual achievement in winning the science competition made her parents very proud.

PHRASES

a feeling/sense of achievement

After finishing her first marathon, she felt a real sense of achievement.

a lack of achievement, a level/standard of achievement, a record of achievement

The school was proud of each student's level of achievement by the end of the year.

Definitions

noun

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.

As to the type of seat preferred, the views were so varied that it was considered wisely that the ideal design was beyond achievement!

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

[The exploits] of the ancient saints ; they do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes.

[…]the English genius was effecting in science a revolution which will, to the end of time, be reckoned among the highest achievements of the human intellect.

An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.

The narrow Gothic windows were filled, not with glass that admitted the light, but with glass painted with the achievements of the family […].

An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.

Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements.

The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.

[…]distinctions among states of affairs are reflected to a striking degree in distinctions among Aktionsart types. That is, situations are expressed by state verbs or predicates, events by achievement verbs or predicates, and actions by activity verbs or predicates.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the action of accomplishing something

accomplishment

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

As to the type of seat preferred, the views were so varied that it was considered wisely that the ideal design was beyond achievement!

Wiktionary

Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscien

Wiktionary

The manager complimented him on his achievement.

Tatoeba · #32500

It is quite an achievement!

Tatoeba · #42721

Great difficulties stand in the way of its achievement.

Tatoeba · #45475

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