Definitions for achieve
əˈtʃivachieve

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. achieve, accomplish, attain, reachverb

   to gain with effort

   "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. achieveverb

   To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.

2. achieveverb

   To carry out successfully; to accomplish.

3. achieveverb

   To conclude, finish, especially successfully.

4. achieveverb

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

5. achieveverb

   To conclude, to turn out.

6. achieveverb

   To obtain (a material thing).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ACHIEVEverb

   Etymology: achever, Fr. to complete.

   1. To perform, to finish a design prosperously.

   Our toils, my friends, are crown’d with sure success:
   The greater part perform’d, achieve the less. John Dryden, Æneid.

   2. To gain, to obtain.

   Experience is by industry achiev’d,
   And perfected by the swift course of time. William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona.

   Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perish, Tranio,
   If I achieve not this young modest girl. William Shakespeare, Taming the Shrew.

   Thou hast achiev’d our liberty, confin’d
   Within hell-gates till now. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ii. l. 368.

   Show all the spoils by valiant kings achiev’d,
   And groaning nations by their arms reliev’d. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. achieve

   Achieve refers to successfully reaching a desired outcome or result through effort, skill, determination or courage. This can often involve accomplishing a particular goal or task, overcoming obstacles, or attaining a certain level of proficiency or success in a specific field. It's the act of completion or fulfillment in a noteworthy manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Achieveverb

   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. Achieveverb

   to obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win

3. Achieveverb

   to finish; to kill

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Achieve

   a-chēv′, v.t. to bring to a head or end: to perform: to accomplish: to carry out successfully: to gain, win.—adj. Achiev′able, that may be achieved.—n. Achieve′ment, a performance: an exploit: an escutcheon or armorial shield granted in memory of some achievement, applied especially to the escutcheon over the tomb of a dead person, generally called a hatchment. [Fr. achever, from à chief (venir)—Low L. ad caput venire, to come to a head. See Chief.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. achieve

   To succeed.

   We always achieve our goals in an efficient way as we are united.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 12, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'achieve' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1563

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'achieve' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1675

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'achieve' in Verbs Frequency: #135

How to pronounce achieve?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of achieve in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of achieve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of achieve in a Sentence

1. Jordan Belfort:

   The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.

2. Rinaldo Depagne:

   They need to clearly decide what they want to achieve.

3. Jeff Sessions:

   This operation—with more than 600 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers involved—serves as a wonderful example of what we can achieve we work together.

4. Ellis Mbeku:

   Genuine success is not in all you’ve been able to achieve or acquire. It’s the sum total of all the positive things you’ve accomplished in a lifetime.

5. Marina Abramovic:

   I like to radiate from my own body certain energy to the viewer. So that's what I want, that kind of connection which is really material because I am there and not there in the same time, if I can really achieve this that means my performance doesn't finish with, with my physical body but can also actually exist in (a) virtual body.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=achieve
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Achieve
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=achieve
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/achieve
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=achieve