Synonyms for achievement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-cheev-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈtʃiv mənt

Top 10 synonyms for achievement

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Définition of achievement

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

Example sentences :

It must be a worldwide effort for the achievement of peace, plenty, and freedom.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

But the loneliness was lighted by a glow of pride, of triumph, of achievement.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

To those that survived it was not tragedy, but realisation and achievement.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Self-assertion can never be the best preparation for achievement.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

The importance of this achievement to the Allies is not likely to be overestimated.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

That, Harte hints, is the achievement of scribblers like Blackmore (p. 12).
Extract from : « An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad » by Walter Harte

The achievement of this work is to be accomplished by us jointly.
Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root

It was a characteristic Hooverian achievement in the face of imminent disaster.
Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

After this achievement he advanced from the seaboard and encamped in Leuctra on Thespian territory.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

Here was an achievement which showed the genius of a general, as all agreed.
Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon

Antonyms for achievement

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