achieve
To carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish.
Verb 4 meanings
To carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish.
“to achieve one’s goals”
To gain or obtain (a desired objective, result, etc.) through effort or skill; to succeed in attaining (an objective, result, etc.); to win.
To obtain (a physical thing); to get.
To attain a goal; to succeed in something, now especially in academic performance; (generally) to make an effort; strive.
“He could really achieve in school if he worked hard.”
Etymology
From Middle English achieven, acheven (“to accomplish (something); to acquire or obtain (something); to carry out or finish (something); to succeed in (something); to happen, turn out”), from Anglo-Norman achever, achiever, Middle French achever, achiever, and Old French achever, achiever (“to accomplish (something); to finish (something); to succeed in (something)”) (modern French achever), and then from either of the following: * Old French a- (prefix denoting addition or increase, or a change of state) + chief (“end; head”) (compare traire a chief (“to be finished”), venir a chief (“to accomplish (something)”); and Late Latin ad caput venire (“to complete (something)”)) + -er (a variant of -ier (suffix forming verbs).
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ACHIEVE at a glance
ACHIEVE has 7 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (A 1 + C 3 + H 4 + I 1 + E 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,550 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with achieve
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