Definitions of ACHIEVE [əˈtʃiv]

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Definition of 'ACHIEVE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) achieve
to bring to a successful end; succeed in doing or accomplishing:
The crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.

2. achieve
to get or attain by effort:
to achieve victory.

3. (v.i.) achieve
to accomplish some purpose or goal; perform successfully:
children who do not achieve in school.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < OF achever to finish, v. der. of a chef to (the) head (i.e., to a conclusion). See chief)

Definition of 'ACHIEVE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
to gain with effort
"she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

Definition of 'ACHIEVE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) achieve
to succeed in doing
achieving your goals; What can be achieved by doing that?

Definition of 'ACHIEVE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) ACHIEVE
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

2. (verb) ACHIEVE
to obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win

3. (verb) ACHIEVE
to finish; to kill

Translation of 'ACHIEVE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to gain or reach successfully He has achieved his ambition.
Afrikaans: behaal, bereik	Arabic: يُتِم ، يُحَقِّق، يُنْجِز	Bulgarian: постигам
Brazilian: realizar	Czech: dosáhnout, docílit	German: erreichen
Danish: opnå; nå	Greek: πετυχαίνω	Spanish: conseguir, lograr
Estonian: saavutama	Farsi: دست یافتن؛ نائل شدن	Finnish: saavuttaa
French: réaliser	Hebrew: לְהַשִׂיג	Hindi: पूरा करना
Croatian: postići	Hungarian: teljesít	Indonesian: mencapai
Icelandic: afreka	Italian: realizzare	Japanese: なしとげる
Korean: 달성하다	Lithuanian: pasiekti,įgyvendinti	Latvian: sasniegt; gūt; veikt
Malay: mencapai	Dutch: bereiken	Norwegian: (opp)nå
Polish: osiągać	Persian: دست یافتن؛ نائل شدن	Pashto: رسيدل
Portuguese: realizar	Romanian: a realiza	Russian: достигать
Slovak: dosiahnuť	Slovenian: doseči	Serbian: ostvariti
Swedish: uppnå, åstadkomma	Thai: สำเร็จ	Turkish: ulaşmak, elde etmek
Taiwanese: 順利取得或達到	Ukrainian: досягати	Urdu: کامیاب ہونا
Vietnamese: đạt được	Chinese: 取得，实现
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