achieve
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈt͡ʃiːv/]
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Senses
1. achieve (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish.
Example: to achieve one’s goals
2. achieve (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To gain or obtain (a desired objective, result, etc.) through effort or skill; to succeed in attaining (an objective, result, etc.); to win.
Example: And the frenche men entred in a mong the thyckeſt of them⸝ and ſpared no more to flee thẽ [them]⸝ than they had ben dogges⸝ and ſurely they had good cauſe ſo to do. For if yͤ flemynges had achyued the priſe ouer them⸝ they had bene ſerued of the ſame ſauce.
3. achieve (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To obtain (a physical thing); to get.
Example: Mon[tano]. But good Leiutenant, is your Generall vviu'd? / [Michael] Caſ[sio]. Moſt fortunately, he hath atchieu'd a maide, / That parragons deſcription, and vvild fame: […]
Structure of the word
Roots:- kap (Proto-Indo-European)
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