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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King