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Accomplishment

//əˈkɒm.plɪʃ.mənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment. countable, uncountable

    "the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc"

  2. 2
    the action of accomplishing something wordnet
  3. 3
    That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training. countable, uncountable

    "I’ll make a proof how I advance in / My new accomplishment of dancing."

  4. 4
    an ability that has been acquired by training wordnet
  5. 5
    Something accomplished; an achievement. countable, uncountable

    "Increasing sales by 20% in the last quarter was seen as a major accomplishment for the business."

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  1. 6
    The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point. countable, uncountable

    "Thus it is attested that some children have taken an accomplishment verb like disappear, which does not have a causative counterpart, and used it as a causative accomplishment in sentences like He disappeared it, i.e. ‘He made it disappear.’"

Etymology

* First attested in the early 15th century. * (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600. * accomplish + -ment * Borrowed from French accomplissement, from accomplir

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