Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
achieve
IPA transcription: [ətʃ'iv]
Pronunciations of achieve
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verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
Meaning:
to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
Usage examples
We're bound to achieve a great victory, colonel."
A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.
"We'll win yet," said Dick hopefully, "but I don't think we can achieve any big victory.
They are something to look at and for curiosity to play with rather than something to achieve.
Born in partiality, in order to accomplish its tasks it must achieve a certain detached impartiality.
Before a man can achieve anything, even in worldly things, he must lift his thoughts above slavish animal indulgence.
He was evidently bent upon conquest, and vain enough to think he might achieve it by virtue of his personal attractions.
Four hundred and twenty pounds had been raised up to tea-time, and it was the impassioned desire of everyone to achieve five hundred.
Among the first convent schools to achieve distinction were those of Arles and Poitiers in Gaul, in the latter part of the sixth century.
He knew the remains of Grant's army were about to march upon the enemy, helping the Army of the Ohio to achieve the task that had proved so great.
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