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accomplishment Definition

ac·com·plish·ment (ə käm′plis̸h mənt; also, -kum′-)

noun

  1. an accomplishing or being accomplished; completion
  2. something accomplished or done successfully; work completed; achievement
  3. a social art or skill: usually used in pl.

accomplishment Synonyms

accomplishment

n.

  1. The act of accomplishing

    completion, fulfillment, realization, finishing; see success 1.

  2. A completed action

    achievement, feat, attainment; see achievement 2.

accomplishment Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • celebrate: Dr. Jim Elliott Head of Life Sciences Teaching Unit said, " It is a pleasure to celebrate the substantial accomplishments of these students.
  • prevent: The nearer a person approaches the Lord, a greater power will be manifested by the adversary to prevent the accomplishment of his purposes.
  • achieve: Our team has truly achieved an impressive accomplishment in Delta's history and the launch industry.

Adjective modifier

  • remarkable: Still, His Dark Materials is a remarkable accomplishment.
  • notable: There is no question that the program has had some notable accomplishments.
  • scholarly: Still, despite his scholarly accomplishments, Machen was hardly the sort of figure to attract front page coverage in the metropolitan dailies.
  • artistic: Interesting more for its historic value than the film's rudimentary artistic accomplishments.
  • extraordinary: For a customs official who was self-taught and only took up painting full-time in retirement, this was an extraordinary accomplishment.
  • impressive: The album is an impressive accomplishment for a group of musicians who might have never met, much less played together.

Modifies a noun

  • today: Valedictorian Speech Stacy Maughan Fellow graduates, may I offer you congratulations for your accomplishment today.

Noun used with modifier

  • mission: They are critical to mission accomplishment regardless of the assigned mission.
  • performance: The first and most important factor is past performance accomplishments.
  • research: In 1986 he was awarded the DSc degree by Bath University for his research accomplishments.

Preposition: in

  • field: And it is not just white Britons who could benefit from hearing more about Jamaica's accomplishments in the field of culture.

Preposition: of

  • mission: This area also includes areas occupied by enemy forces that could jeopardize the accomplishment of the mission.
  • task: Task saturation may occur during the accomplishment of simple tasks within the cockpit.
  • goal: Start at the accomplishment of the goal and work backward.
  • objective: We are dedicated to meeting every client's expectations through accomplishment of objectives, ongoing service and clear communications.
  • object: I had no hesitation in taking part in anything honorable that might tend toward the accomplishment of that object.
  • purpose: But to fail in the accomplishment of any purpose of the order, is to be criminal in the code of Jesuitic despotism.
accomplishment Quotes

Either still I find Some imperfection in the chosen theme, Or see of absolute accomplishment Much wanting, so much wanting, in myself, That I recoil and droop, and seek repose In listlessness from vain perplexity, Unprofitably travelling towards the grave.

—Wordsworth,William

The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowlyand deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius.Theresulting performance, though lessinspiring, is far more predictable.

—Galbraith,John Kenneth

The student must remember, for his consolation†that his failures are almost as important to the cause of scienceand tothosewhofollow himinthesameroad, as his successes. It is much to know what we cannot do in any given directionöthe first step, indeed, toward the accomplishment of what we can do.

—Agassiz, (Jean) Louis (Rodolphe)

I do not regard the knighthood as a social accomplishment.

—Naipaul, Sir V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad)

Sometimes it seems the onlyaccomplishment my education ever bestowed on me was the ability to think in quotations.

—Drabble, Margaret