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Synonyms for achievements

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-cheev-muhnt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈtʃiv mənt

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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