achieve
Verb
Verb Forms: achieved, achieving, achieves
- To successfully bring about or reach a desired result.
- to gain with effort
- "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
- To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
- To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
- To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
- To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
- To conclude, to turn out.
- To obtain (a material thing).
Examples
- Hannah achieved her lifelong dream of winning a medal at the Olympics.
- It’s hard to achieve a high score when you keep drawing the letter I.
- You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English achieven, acheven, from Anglo-Norman achever, Old French achever, achiever et al., apparently from Late Latin *accapāre, from ad (“to”) + caput (“head”) + -ō (verbal suffix), or alternatively a construction based on Old French chief (“head”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese and Spanish acabar, French achever.
Synonyms
accomplish, attain, reach, acquire, catch, compass, complete, conclude, earn, end, finalize, fulfill, gain, get, get one's hands on, land, obtain, realize, score, succeed, win
Scrabble Score: 15
achieve: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordachieve: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
achieve: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary