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- Dictionaryachieve/əˈtʃiːv/
verb
- 1. successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill, or courage: "he achieved his ambition to become a press photographer"
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23 hours ago · The word jihad appears frequently in the Qur'an referring to both religious and spiritual struggle and to war and physical struggle, [10] often in the idiomatic expression "striving in the path of God (al-jihad fi sabil Allah) ", [11][12] conveying a sense of self-exertion. [13] In the hadiths, jihad refers predominantly to warfare.
23 hours ago · Blitzkrieg [a] is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations; together with artillery, air assault, and close air support; with intent to break through the opponent's lines of defense, dislocate the defenders, unbalance the enemies by making it difficult to respond to the continuously changing front, and defeat them in a decisive Vernichtungsschlacht: a ...
23 hours ago · Semantics studies meaning in language, which is limited to the meaning of linguistic expressions. It concerns how signs are interpreted and what information they contain. An example is the meaning of words provided in dictionary definitions by giving synonymous expressions or paraphrases, like defining the meaning of the term ram as adult male sheep. [22]
23 hours ago · UNESCO and its mandate for international cooperation can be traced back to a League of Nations resolution on 21 September 1921, to elect a Commission to study the feasibility of having nations freely share cultural, educational and scientific achievements. [ 15 ][ 16 ] This new body, the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation (ICIC ...
23 hours ago · Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. [1] The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. [2] Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms.
23 hours ago · Electroencephalography. Epileptic spike and wave discharges monitored EEG. [ edit on Wikidata] Electroencephalography (EEG) [ 1 ] is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex ...
23 hours ago · t. e. Juan Domingo Perón (UK: / pɛˈrɒn /, US: / pɛˈroʊn, pəˈ -, peɪˈ -/ ⓘ, [3][4][5] Spanish: [ˈxwan doˈmiŋɡo peˈɾon] ⓘ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine lieutenant general, politician and statesman who served as the 35th President of Argentina from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and again as the 45th ...
