Associations to the word «Achievement»

Wiktionary

ACHIEVEMENT, noun. The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment
ACHIEVEMENT, noun. A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness
ACHIEVEMENT, noun. (heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
ACHIEVEMENT, noun. (video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
ACHIEVEMENT WHORE, noun. (gaming slang) A person that plays video games (especially XBOX 360 games) for the primary purpose of attaining achievements.

Dictionary definition

ACHIEVEMENT, noun. The action of accomplishing something.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne