Accomplishment
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment. countable, uncountable
"the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc"
- 2 the action of accomplishing something wordnet
- 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 an ability that has been acquired by training wordnet
- 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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- 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.’"
Example
More examples"An accomplishment cannot be looked upon as yours unless you have paddled your own canoe."
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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