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achievement

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 24.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
  2. noun A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
  3. noun An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; a funeral shield: the hatchment.
  4. noun An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
    Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements.
  5. noun The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
  6. noun The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.

Similar words

accomplishment achieving achieved successful attainment achieve attain success accomplish fulfill

Often followed by

of in and is tests was test motivation for

Word family

achievable achieve achieved achievements achieves achieving

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