Achievement

//əˈt͡ʃiːv.mənt//

"Achievement" in a Sentence (18 examples)

The manager complimented him on his achievement.

It is quite an achievement!

Great difficulties stand in the way of its achievement.

As a result, it is undeniable that important disciplines and moral education have been neglected. By placing excessive importance on scholastic achievement, many parents have forgotten such basic social courtesies as consideration for others.

The great difficulties stand in the way of its achievement.

The moon landing was a monumental achievement.

Working in a society gives women both hardship and achievement, but the daily chores at home don't seem to give them fulfillment.

Kudos for your outstanding achievement!

You shall receive two certificates of achievement.

Their climbing of Mt. Everest was a great achievement.

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The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.

As to the type of seat preferred, the views were so varied that it was considered wisely that the ideal design was beyond achievement!

Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].

[The exploits] of the ancient saints ; they do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes.

[…]the English genius was effecting in science a revolution which will, to the end of time, be reckoned among the highest achievements of the human intellect.

The narrow Gothic windows were filled, not with glass that admitted the light, but with glass painted with the achievements of the family […].

Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements.

[…]distinctions among states of affairs are reflected to a striking degree in distinctions among Aktionsart types. That is, situations are expressed by state verbs or predicates, events by achievement verbs or predicates, and actions by activity verbs or predicates.

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