achieve

== English == === Alternative forms === atchieve (obsolete) acheive (misspelling) === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈt͡ʃiːv/ Rhymes: -iːv === Verb === achieve (third-person singular simple present achieves, present participle achieving, simple past and past participle achieved) (intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. [from 14th c.] (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.] (obsolete, transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully. [14th–18th c.] (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.] (obsolete, intransitive) To conclude, to turn out. [14th–16th c.] (transitive, now literary) To obtain (a material thing). [from 15th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== (carry out successfully): accomplish, compass, fulfill, realize (conclude): conclude, end, finalize, complete (obtain or gain a desired result): attain, obtain, compass, get one's hands on ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “achieve”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “achieve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === acheive