What does accomplish mean?

Definitions for accomplish
əˈkɒm plɪʃac·com·plish

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word accomplish.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfilverb

    put in effect

    "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

  2. achieve, accomplish, attain, reachverb

    to gain with effort

    "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

Wiktionary

  1. accomplishverb

    To finish successfully.

  2. accomplishverb

    To complete, as time or distance.

  3. accomplishverb

    To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.

  4. accomplishverb

    To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.

  5. accomplishverb

    To gain; to obtain. - Shakespeare

  6. Etymology: * First attested in the late 14th century.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To ACCOMPLISHverb

    Etymology: accomplir, Fr. from compleo, Lat.

    He that is far off shall die of the pestilence, and he that is near shall fall by the sword, and he that remaineth, and is besieged, shall die by the famine. Thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. Ezekiel, vi. 12.

    He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Daniel, ix. 2.

    The vision,
    Which I made known to Lucius ere the stroke
    Of this yet scarce cold battle, at this instant
    Is full accomplish’d. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    We see every day those events exactly accomplished, which our Saviour foretold at so great a distance. Joseph Addison, on the Christian Religion.

    Tell him from me (as he will win my love)
    He bear himself with honourable action;
    Such as he hath observ’d in noble ladies
    Unto their lords, by them accomplished. William Shakespeare, Tam. of a Shrew.

    I’ll make my heaven in a lady’s lap,
    And deck my body in gay ornaments.
    Oh miserable thought, and more unlikely,
    Than to accomplish twenty golden crowns. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

    From the tents
    The armourers accomplishing the knights,
    With busy hammers closing rivets up,
    Give dreadful note of preparation. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

ChatGPT

  1. accomplish

    To accomplish means to succeed in doing or completing something, often a task, goal, or project, usually as the result of effort or skill.

  2. accomplish

    To accomplish means to successfully achieve or complete a goal, task, or objective. It implies the successful execution of a planned endeavor or activity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Accomplishverb

    to complete, as time or distance

  2. Accomplishverb

    to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise

  3. Accomplishverb

    to equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish

  4. Accomplishverb

    to gain; to obtain

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Accomplish

    ak-kom′plish, v.t. to complete: to bring about: to effect: to fulfil: to equip.—adjs. Accom′plishable, that may be accomplished; Accom′plished, complete in acquirements, especially graceful acquirements: polished.—n. Accom′plishment, completion: ornamental acquirement. [Fr. acomplir—L. ad, to, complēre, to fill up. See Complete.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of accomplish in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of accomplish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of accomplish in a Sentence

  1. Barack Obama:

    What exactly would using this label accomplish, what exactly would it change? someone seriously thinks we don't know who we're fighting? ... There's no magic to the phrase radical Islam. It's a political talking point.

  2. Human Rights Campaign:

    These bills will not accomplish anything other than to further alienate and stigmatize those already on the margins of life in this state.

  3. Brent Littlefield:

    LePage does have a history of working across the aisle, he’s looking forward to working with Republicans, Independents and Democrats willing to work together to accomplish his goals and his mission.

  4. Mario Salcedo:

    The best way to accomplish that vision was to live on a cruise ship.

  5. Stephen Bannon:

    I’m proud of what the Breitbart team has accomplished in so short a period of time in building out a world-class news platform, steve is a valued part of our legacy, and we will always be grateful for his contributions, and what he has helped us to accomplish.

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