achieve
verbEtymology
From Middle English achieven, acheven, from Anglo-Norman achever, Old French achever, achiever et al., apparently from Late Latin *accapāre, from ad (“to”) + caput (“head”) + -ō (verbal suffix), or alternatively a construction based on Old French chief (“head”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese and Spanish acabar, French achever.
Definitions
To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
To carry out successfully
To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
- achieve goals
- achieve objectives
- You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.
To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
- Full many Countreyes they did overronne, From the uprising to the setting Sunne, And many hard adventures did atchieve […]
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To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion
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.
- Some are born great, some achieve greatness.
To conclude, to turn out.
To obtain (a material thing).
- He hath achieved a maid That paragons description.
- [U]s hitherto this Corner and ſecret receſſe hath defended, novv the Vttermoſt point of our Land is laid open: and things the leſſe they haue beene vvithin knovvledge, the greater the glorie is to atchieue them.
- Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
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A definitional loop anchored at achieve. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at achieve. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at achieve
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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