achievement
Other forms: achievements
Achievement is another word for accomplishment. My greatest achievement to date is the time I won the annual hay-stacking contest at the county fair. That was twenty darn years ago, but I still look back fondly on that moment and the trophy I got to take home.
A noun used to describe something finished successfully or the act of accomplishing, achievement comes from the similarly spelled Middle French achievement “a finishing.” For some people, just being able to make it to work every day on time could be considered an achievement, but the word is usually applied to feats of more heroic proportions. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.”
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the action of achieving somethingsynonyms: accomplishmenttypes:cakewalkan easy accomplishmentmasterstrokean achievement demonstrating great skill or masterycreditused in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praiseperformanceany recognized accomplishmentclose call, close shave, narrow escape, squeak, squeakersomething achieved (or escaped) by a narrow marginattainmentthe act of achieving an aimhaymakingtaking full advantage of an opportunity while it lastsenlisting, recruitmentthe act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)smooththe act of smoothingderring-dobrave and heroic featshit(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)stunta difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attentiontour de forcea masterly or brilliant featoverachievementbetter than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)underachievementpoorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)attainmentarrival at a new stagerecordan extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)successan attainment that is successfulcourse credit, creditrecognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hoursjail deliverythe use of force to liberate prisonersaccession, rise to powerthe act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)deregulating, deregulationthe act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)reliefthe act of freeing a city or town that has been besiegeddisentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untanglingthe act of releasing from a snarled or tangled conditionemancipationfreeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor childclearingthe act of freeing from suspicionmanumissionthe formal act of freeing from slaveryparole(law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied withprobation(law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the courttype of:actionsomething done (usually as opposed to something said)
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