achieve

  • 11achieve — 01. You will never [achieve] your goals if you don t believe in yourself. 02. If you want to [achieve] real progress in your speaking skills, you need to speak English as often as possible while you are here. 03. When thinking about your goals… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 12achieve — verb VERB + ACHIEVE ▪ fail to ▪ The present law has failed to achieve its objectives. ▪ be able to ▪ try to ▪ be designed to ▪ …

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  • 13achieve — a|chieve [ ə tʃiv ] verb *** transitive to succeed in doing or having what you planned or intended, usually after a lot of effort: The Republic of Tunisia achieved independence from France in 1957. the first signs that a breakthrough had been… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14achieve — [c]/əˈtʃiv / (say uh cheev) verb (achieved, achieving) –verb (t) 1. to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: *But INEXPERIENCE cannot possibly achieve any intended artistic effect. –miles franklin, 1946. 2. to bring about, as by… …

  • 15achieve — verb /əˈtʃiːv/ a) 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. , Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any… …

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  • 16achieve — [[t]ətʃi͟ːv[/t]] ♦♦ achieves, achieving, achieved VERB If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort. [V n] There are many who will work hard to achieve these goals... [V …

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  • 17achieve — verb 1 (T) to succeed in doing something good or getting the result you wanted, after trying hard for a long time: Women have yet to achieve full equality in the workplace. | Britain has achieved the highest rate of economic growth in Europe this …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18achieve — a•chieve [[t]əˈtʃiv[/t]] v., a•chieved, a•chiev•ing. 1) to bring to a successful end; succeed in doing or accomplishing: The crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose[/ex] 2) to get or attain by effort: to achieve victory[/ex] 3) to accomplish… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19achieve — verb (achieved; achieving) Etymology: Middle English acheven, from Anglo French achever to finish, from a (from Latin ad ) + chef end, head more at chief Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to carry out successfully …

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  • 20achieve — achievable, adj. achiever, n. /euh cheev /, v., achieved, achieving. v.t. 1. to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose. 2. to get or attain by effort; gain; obtain: to achieve… …

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