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Antonyms for achievements
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uh-cheev-muhnt |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈtʃiv mənt |
Definition of achievements
Origin :- late 15c., "act of completing" (something), from Middle French achèvement "a finishing," noun of action from Old French achever (see achieve). Meaning "thing achieved" is recorded from 1590s.
- noun something completed successfully; goal reached
- In that purpose we have been helped by achievements of mind and spirit.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Your achievements may not have sufficiently swelled the historic page.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our own.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- A long time he had stood in the shadow of Pat's achievements.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- We will follow the achievements of the three groups in separate order.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- In truth, his learnings and achievements are fluid and moving.
- Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey
- But since then achievements in steam have dwarfed even the great work of Corliss.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- Calhoun had learned of two achievements the same Korvan had made for his world.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- Achievements of the past, though to the rest of us wonderful and sublime, are to you—as you say, 'rot.'
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Still, man has won the admiration of man by his achievements, he said.
- Extract from : « The Fifth String » by John Philip Sousa
Synonyms for achievements
- accomplishment
- acquirement
- acquisition
- act
- actualization
- attainment
- completion
- conquest
- consummation
- contrivance
- creation
- deed
- effectuation
- effort
- enactment
- encompassment
- execution
- exploit
- feat
- fulfillment
- hit
- masterpiece
- performance
- production
- realization
- stroke
- success
- tour de force
- triumph
- victory
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