1 [VN] to succeed in reaching a particular goal, status or standard, especially by making an effort for a long time:
He had finally achieved success. * They could not achieve their target of less than 3% inflation.
2 [VN] to succeed in doing sth or causing sth to happen
SYNACCOMPLISH:
I haven't achieved very much today. * All you've achieved is to upset my parents.
3 [V] to be successful:
Their background gives them little chance of achieving at school.
achievable adjective:
Profits of $20m look achievable. * achievable goals
OPPUNACHIEVABLE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for achieve is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is achieve a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, achieve is tagged as verb.
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