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   achieve

   /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"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘complete successfully’): from Old French achever ‘come or bring to a head’, from a chief ‘to a head’.

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   What does it mean to achieve a goal?

   • to achieve victory. , a·chieved, a·chiev·ing. to bring about an intended result; accomplish some purpose or effect. See do 1. Piers Forster, professor of climate change, University of LeedsHow China will achieve its new goal will likely be set out in Beijing’s next five year plan, due in March.

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   What does achieve mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ACHIEVE definition: 1. to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort…. Learn more.

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   What does all you've achieved mean?

   • All you've achieved is to upset my parents. [intransitive] to be successful Their difficult home life makes it harder for them to achieve at school. These students need to achieve academically in order to enter the labour market. Definition of achieve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   What does achieving a particular aim mean?

   • If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort. There are many who will work hard to achieve these goals. [VERB noun] We have achieved what we set out to do. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2.

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   What is an example of the word achieve?

   • If someone asks you to give an example of the word achieve, you can always reach for Shakespeare's much quoted remark from his play Twelfth Night. In Act II, Scene V, the character Malvolio says, ". . . some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."

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   What does acheven mean in English?

   • Middle English acheven, borrowed from Anglo-French achever "to complete, carry out, succeed," from a-, prefix forming telic and transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad-) + -chever, verbal derivative from chef, chief "end, head" — more at chief entry 3 14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense “Achieve.”

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   If you achieve something, you've reached a goal. Achievements aren't accidents. If you stumble upon a treasure chest, you haven't achieved something; however, achieving a promotion to become CEO is another story.

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