Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To complete; finish; reach the end of; bring to pass; actually do: as, he works hard, but accomplishes nothing.
- To bring about by performance or realization; execute; carry out; fulfil: as, to accomplish a vow, promise, purpose, or prophecy.
- Hence To gain; obtain as the result of exertion.
- To make complete by furnishing what is wanting: as— To equip or provide with material things.
- To equip or furnish mentally; fit by education or training.
- Synonyms and Execute, Achieve, etc. (see perform), complete, finish, consummate, succeed in, work out, fulfil, realize, bring to pass, end.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To finish successfully.
- v. transitive To complete, as time or distance.
- v. transitive To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
- v. transitive, archaic To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
- v. transitive, obsolete To gain; to obtain. - Shakespeare
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To complete, as time or distance.
- v. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill.
- v. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
- v. obsolete To gain; to obtain.
WordNet 3.0
- v. put in effect
- v. to gain with effort
Etymologies
- Middle English accomplisshen, from Old French acomplir, acompliss-, to complete : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + complir, to complete (from Latin complēre, to fill out; see complete). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“What they are really trying to accomplish is to deny any coverage to any woman who gets an abortion whether she has additional private insurance or pays out of pocket.”
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“The only thing she's likely to accomplish is to destroy the Democratic Party.”
“The first thing any rifle/cartridge combo has to accomplish is to make a hole where you point it.”
“I think all we really want to accomplish is to provide ways — wikis, email, blogs, you tell me — for people to more readily communicate their needs and solutions.”
“Dame Judy Dench, when asked by a British newspaper what she still wanted to accomplish in life, replied without skipping a beat: "The only thing I want to accomplish is to go back to Newfoundland.”
“The only good thing the "tea party" will accomplish is the break up the the republican party.”
“Everything she has tried to accomplish is still unresolved.”
“On the most optimistic view, all that Obamacare can accomplish is what, in objective fact, it aims to accomplish, namely, shift the burden of paying for medical care away from its immediate recipients.”
“Just about the only thing diversity can actually accomplish is to undermine meritocracy, and that it has done.”
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“All these discussions accomplish is to alienate various sectors of the Senate and ensure the safe non-passage of this bill.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘accomplish’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Words that end in "-ish" but aren't a...
embellish, flourish, garnish, rubbish, nourish, admonish, punish, finish, blemish, abolish, accomplish, parish and 41 more...
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Verb ish
English verbs that end in -ish.
Most of these come from Old French stems that end in 'iss' like floriss-, brandiss-, distinguiss-, etc.
Exceptions are: Fish, Wish, Dish (f...flourish, brandish, vanish, astonish, perish, polish, nourish, famish, accomplish, admonish, banish, blemish and 24 more...
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Ansh grade 5
abolish, absurd, abuse, access, accomplish, achievement, alternate, altitude, antagonist, antonym, anxious, apparent and 4 more...
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5000 FREE SAT Words
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 229 more...
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BuffaloBen's Words
sycamore, wipfel, rohlingsspindel, gorgeous, flamboyance, anschmiegen, pengpeng, zuckerhut, revolver, troubleshooter, breeze, dandy and 228 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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list1
abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure, ablution and 106 more...
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word list
abandon, ache, augment, avow, atone, approbate, apprehend, abut, apostatize, abase, abash, abate and 155 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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the a list
self-explanatory...
abort, able, about, addiction, absence, annotated, actual, accelerate, acidity, accolades, accomplish, accompany and 57 more...
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Victorian female english
Use this words and become a young lady from some of Jane Austen's books.
coquettish, acquaintance, agreeable, delightful, entirely, sweetest, particularly, pretty, indeed, dearest, pleasant, marriage and 58 more...
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CandyComa's list
CRAZY RANDOM
terrakinesis, condom, std, mom, your mom, death, headstone, ouroboros, lsd, tumor, onomatopoeia, candy and 23 more...
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the things that you do
relate, immure, resemble, brighten, lighten, darken, magnify, anticipate, illuminate, fly, hesitate, accept and 74 more...
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Effect (verb)
Words related to effect (verb).
effect, effectuate, actualize, realize, accomplish, execute, produce, engender, generate, originate
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