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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How to say achieve in sign language?

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. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   There has been a reduction in violence since the new agreement was signed but I don't detect that Mr Putin's strategic intentions have changed, this is just a question now about what tools he uses to achieve those objectives.

2. Pascal Soriot:

   We never overpromised, we communicated what we thought we would achieve at the time.

3. Daniel Markuson:

   And it will not protect you from being monitored by your ISP, marketers, and even the government if they decide to spy on you, we believe that the question should be...about Google’s ability and willingness to provide people with tools to actually rule over their privacy. With Google all around us, it is next to impossible for anyone to figure out which Chrome browser, Google account or Android phone privacy settings one needs to tinker [with] to achieve [that] goal.

4. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   The game of life is to come up a winner, to be a success, or to achieve what we set out to do. Yet there is always the danger of failing as a human being.

5. Kirsten Gillibrand:

   But this moment of reckoning about our friends and colleagues who have been accused of sexual misconduct is necessary, and it is painful. We must not lose sight that this watershed moment is bigger than any one industry, any one party, or any one person, to achieve lasting change, we will need to fight this everywhere on behalf of everyone by insisting on accountability and working to bring more women into leadership in each industry to fundamentally shift the culture.

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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