achievement

achievement: noun

1 thing done successfully

ADJECTIVE

▪ amazing, considerable (esp. BrE), extraordinary, fine, great, important, impressive, major, monumental, no mean (esp. BrE), notable, outstanding, real, remarkable, significant, tremendous

▪ It's a monumental achievement for such a young athlete.

▪ This was no mean achievement for the government.

▪ rare

▪ unique

▪ positive

▪ crowning, main, supreme

▪ He regarded that victory as the crowning achievement of his career.

▪ lasting

▪ personal

▪ math, mathematics, reading (all AmE)

▪ low reading achievement in children

▪ artistic, athletic (esp. AmE), cultural, economic, educational, engineering, literary, scientific, sporting (esp. BrE), technical, technological

▪ Rutherford was knighted in recognition of his scientific achievements.

▪ The Olympics are all about celebrating sporting achievements.

VERB + ACHIEVEMENT

▪ be, constitute, represent

▪ This conference in itself represents a solid achievement.

▪ celebrate, honour/honor, recognize

▪ This award honours/honors the achievements of American women in medicine.

PREPOSITION

▪ achievement in

▪ She was given a prize for her achievements in textile design.

PHRASES

▪ quite an achievement

▪ To be offered this job is quite an achievement.

2 act of achieving sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ high

▪ two years of consistently high achievement

▪ individual, personal

▪ human

▪ The moon landing of 1969 was seen as a high point of human achievement.

▪ academic, educational, intellectual

▪ Winners are selected on the basis of high academic achievement.

▪ Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.

… OF ACHIEVEMENT

▪ level, standard

VERB + ACHIEVEMENT

▪ measure

▪ standards by which to measure human achievement

ACHIEVEMENT + NOUN

▪ gap

▪ the achievement gap between white and minority schoolchildren

▪ award

▪ He won a lifetime achievement award for cinematography.

▪ test (esp. AmE)

▪ amazing achievement test scores

PHRASES

▪ a feeling of achievement, a sense of achievement

▪ Climbing the mountain gave him a tremendous sense of achievement.

▪ a lack of achievement

▪ a record of achievement

▪ an impressive record of achievement

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Synonyms:

Performance, accomplishment, completion, attainment, realization, consummation / Exploit, feat, deed, work / Escutcheon, shield, ensign armorial

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Achievement — refers to an accomplishment. Specifically, it may refer to: * in heraldry: ** Achievement of Arms, a coat of arms ** Hatchment, a funeral shield specifically * Achievement test for student assessment * Achievement as the primary motivation of… … Wikipedia
Achievement — A*chieve ment ( ment), n. [Cf. F. ach[ e]vement, E. {Hatchment}.] 1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object. [1913 Webster] 2. A great or heroic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
achievement — UK US /əˈtʃiːvmənt/ noun ► [C] something that a person, company, etc. has done or finished successfully: »Look at your achievements and your value in monetary terms. ► [U] the act of achieving something or of achieving things generally: »The… … Financial and business terms
achievement — index act (undertaking), action (performance), boom (prosperity), commission (act), development … Law dictionary
achievement — (n.) late 15c., act of completing something, from M.Fr. achèvement a finishing, noun of action from O.Fr. achever (see ACHIEVE (Cf. achieve)). Meaning thing achieved is recorded from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
achievement — *feat, exploit Analogous words: deed, act, *action: *victory, conquest, triumph: consummation, accomplishment (see corresponding adjectives at CONSUMMATE) Antonyms: failure Contrasted words: negligence, *neglect: omission, slighting (see corres … New Dictionary of Synonyms
achievement — [n] something completed successfully; goal reached accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act, actualization, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effectuation, effort, enactment, encompassment,… … New thesaurus
achievement — ► NOUN 1) a thing that is achieved. 2) the process or fact of achieving … English terms dictionary
achievement — [ə chēv′mənt] n. 1. the act of achieving 2. a thing achieved, esp. by skill, work, courage, etc.; feat 3. COAT OF ARMS … English World dictionary
achievement — noun 1 (C) something important that you succeed in doing by your own efforts: Winning three gold medals is a remarkable achievement. | no mean achievement/quite an achievement (=a very impressive achievement) 2 (U) the act of achieving something … Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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