What does achieve mean?
Definitions for achieve
əˈtʃivachieve
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word achieve.
Princeton's WordNet
achieve, accomplish, attain, reachverb
to gain with effort
"she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
Wiktionary
achieveverb
To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
achieveverb
To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
achieveverb
To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
achieveverb
To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
achieveverb
To conclude, to turn out.
achieveverb
To obtain (a material thing).
Webster Dictionary
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
Achieveverb
to obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win
Achieveverb
to finish; to kill
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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 Contribution
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'achieve' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1563
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'achieve' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1675
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'achieve' in Verbs Frequency: #135
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of achieve in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of achieve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of achieve in a Sentence
I’m really excited to see Patrick achieve one of the goals he set for himself, for him, running is showing that [the bombings] didn’t take away from who he was. Being able to do it again is very important for him.
I think we're in a pause situation where we are reevaluating what's the best way to achieve the President's objective of having people pay more and do more.
There is more agreement between the The United States and China than divergence, making it an area of huge potential for cooperation, the release of this joint statement shows again that cooperation is the only choice for both China and The United States. By working together our two countries can achieve many important things that are beneficial not only to our two countries but the world as a whole.
I think there's a big fan base in Egypt and I think for what we're trying to achieve here today, which is to promote tourism in Egypt, we needed a band of that kind of scale and that influence.
I have thought long and hard over the course of the summer about how I might improve this team to give it the depth it needs to bring it to a higher level, to achieve this the vision of the coach and VP-hockey operations needs to be perfectly aligned with that of the organization.
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- تحقيقArabic
- дасягаць, дасягнуцьBelarusian
- достигам, постигам, осъществявам, реализирамBulgarian
- obtenir, aconseguir, acomplirCatalan, Valencian
- dosáhnout, dosahovatCzech
- opnåDanish
- erreichen, erlangen, realisierenGerman
- atingiEsperanto
- conseguir, lograrSpanish
- رسیدنPersian
- toteuttaa, saada aikaan, saavuttaaFinnish
- réaliser, accomplirFrench
- को प्राप्तHindi
- realizzare, ottenereItalian
- 実現, 達成Japanese
- consequiLatin
- bereiken, realiseren, winnen, verkrijgen, verwervenDutch
- oppnåNorwegian
- zrealizować, osiągać, osiągnąćPolish
- ganhar, conseguirPortuguese
- достигнуть, достигать, выполнять, добиваться, выполнить, реализовать, осуществлять, добиться, осуществить, достичьRussian
- åstadkomma, uppnåSwedish
- సాధించుTelugu
- досягати, досягтиUkrainian
- حاصلUrdu
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