Achievement Definition

ə-chēvmənt
achievements
noun
achievements
The process of achieving something.
She devoted her life to the achievement of voting rights for women.
American Heritage
The act of achieving.
Webster's New World
Something that has been achieved, especially by means of skill or perseverance.
The discovery of antibiotics is one of the great achievements of modern medicine.
American Heritage
A thing achieved, esp. by skill, work, courage, etc.; feat.
Webster's New World

Coat of arms.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Achievement

Noun

Singular:
achievement
Plural:
achievements

Origin of Achievement

  • Old French achevement, from the verb achever, achiever (“to finish”). Compare Modern French achèvement, English hatchment

    From Wiktionary

Achievement Sentence Examples

  • His great achievement was the History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century.

  • Government is a great achievement of civilization.

  • But his great achievement was a speech against the Whig Reform Bill.

  • Of these plans he had not merely one or two in his head but dozens, some only beginning to form themselves, some approaching achievement, and some in course of disintegration.

  • His death prevented the achievement of his designs; but he had broken down the barrier, he had planted the seed of the Greek's influence in the four quarters of the Persian Empire.

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Words Starting With

AACACH

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With A and Ending With T

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With A11 Letter Words Ending With T