Associations to the word «Achieve»

Wiktionary

ACHIEVE, verb. (intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. [from 14th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully. [14th-18th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To conclude, to turn out. [14th-16th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (transitive) (now literary) To obtain (a material thing). [from 15th c.]

Dictionary definition

ACHIEVE, verb. To gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley