Definitions for achievement
əˈtʃiv məntachieve·ment

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. accomplishment, achievementnoun

   the action of accomplishing something

Wiktionary(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. achievementnoun

   The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his/her object.

2. achievementnoun

   A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.

3. achievementnoun

   An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. - Cussans

4. achievementnoun

   An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective.

   Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements.

5. Etymology: achevement, from the verb achever, achiever. Compare Modern achèvement, English hatchment

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. An Achievementnoun

   Etymology: achevement, Fr.

   1. The performance of an action.

   From every coast that heaven walks about,
   Have thither come the noble martial crew,
   That famous hard achievements still pursue. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   2. The escutcheon, or ensigns armorial, granted to any man for the performance of great actions. Achievement, in the first sense, is derived from achive, as it signifies to perform; in the second, from achieve, as it imports to gain.

   Then shall the war, and stern debate, and strife
   Immortal, be the bus’ness of my life;
   And in thy fane, the dusty spoils among,
   High on the burnish’d roof, my banner shall be hung;
   Rank’d with my champions bucklers, and below
   With arms revers’d, th’ achievements of the foe. John Dryden, Fab.

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Achievementnoun

   the act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object

2. Achievementnoun

   a great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat

3. Achievementnoun

   an escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. achvement, E. Hatchment.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Achievement

   Success in bringing an effort to the desired end; the degree or level of success attained in some specified area (esp. scholastic) or in general.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. achievement

   A signal exploit; escutcheon; armorial bearings granted for achievement.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. achievement

   To achieve a specific task, goal, plan or project.

   They have notable achievements between them and look forward to their wedding day.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Action

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'achievement' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3149

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'achievement' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4795

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'achievement' in Nouns Frequency: #988

How to pronounce achievement?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say achievement in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of achievement in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of achievement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of achievement in a Sentence

1. Randi Weingarten:

   It's common sense, the fixation on high-stakes testing hasn't moved the needle on student achievement.

2. Bertrand Piccard:

   More than an achievement in the history of aviation, Solar Impulse has made history in energy, i’m sure that within the next 10 years we’ll see electric airplanes carrying 50 passengers on short- to medium-haul flights.

3. AiR Atman in Ravi:

   Evolve from peak to peak, from Achievement to Fulfillment until you scale the Highest peak and you are liberated, and find yourself in an ocean of Bliss.

4. Zenith Irfan:

   It wasn't very powerful and I had to take it up the mountain, so when I finally reached the destination, it was a huge achievement.

5. David Wells:

   God's people have no assurances that the dark experiences of life will be held at bay, much less that God will provide some sort of running commentary on the meaning of each day's allotment of confusion, boredom, pain, or achievement.

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