achieve

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  1. transitive verb To perform or carry out with success; accomplish. See Synonyms at perform.
  2. transitive verb To attain with effort or despite difficulty. See Synonyms at reach.
  3. intransitive verb To accomplish something successfully; perform at a standard or above standard level: skills needed to achieve in school.

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  • For McKeever, it is not the results his heroes achieve which is paramount, but it is the process, the day-today struggle of attempting to be a hero, which is at the heart of his tales. —  Omni: September 1994
  • What i want to achieve is to get a SINGLE registry when ticket_messages. message LIKE "\% foo\%".
  • What I'd like to achieve is to limit the amount of data to be transferred to the data strictly needed by a given request. —  Muti
  • What I did hope to achieve is to dispel some of that wariness so that I don't have to counter all these arguments in this post. —  A Division by Zer0
  • What we want to achieve is to allow for a reasonable level of diligence on the part of the members of the House. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English acheven, from Old French achever, from a chief (venir), (to come) to a head; see chief.

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  1. Formerly also atchieve, from Middle English acheven, from Old French achever, achiever, achevir, achiver (French achever), finish, from the phrase venir a chief (French venir à chef), come to an end; Old French chief (French chef), an end, a head: see chief. Cf. chieve.
 

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/əˈtʃiv/
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