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accomplishment

accomplishment

184 3.4
A successful task or goal that you finish
  • noun
  • /əˈkɑmplɪʃmənt/
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  • After years of studying, receiving her degree was a significant accomplishment for him.
  • sense of accomplishment
  • a great accomplishment
  • personal accomplishment

I own my accomplishments, I own my faults.

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Examples

  • To win an Academy Award at such a young age is an enormous accomplishment.

  • There are many people, many connections, and many accomplishments to celebrate today.

  • This was an incredible accomplishment in a desert race.

  • A great feeling of accomplishment.

  • That's a huge accomplishment for me in this talk.

  • Yes, these are small accomplishments, but to me they mean so much.

  • What a great accomplishment!

  • Trey, all of us at geico are extremely proud to be with you here today to honor your remarkable accomplishment.

  • Winning the spelling bee was her proudest accomplishment of the year.

  • Completing the marathon was an important accomplishment that she had worked hard for.

Synonyms

success
vsaccomplishment
1.0

Getting what you want after working hard

emphasizes the act of achieving rather than the resulting state
victory
vsaccomplishment
1.0

A win against an opponent or a difficult problem

covers achieving success more broadly, not limited to contests or fights
achievement
vsaccomplishment
344 2.3

A success you reach after working hard

has identical meaning but is an alternative common label
triumph
vsaccomplishment
262 3.3

A great victory or success that brings joy

is the successful act itself without highlighting strong emotion or scale
completion
vsaccomplishment
108 2.4

The act of finishing a task or project

stresses successful achievement rather than just reaching an end
milestone
vsaccomplishment
103 3.2

An important event that shows progress in a person's life or project

is the completing act itself rather than a notable development marker
fulfillment
vsaccomplishment
  • US
58 3.6

A feeling of happiness and satisfaction when you achieve something important

focuses on the action of successful completion rather than the feeling
fruition
vsaccomplishment
32 7.0

The successful end of a plan or project

is about the successful act itself, not the feeling of realization
huge success
vsaccomplishment
26 2.0

A very big result that makes many people very pleased

refers to successful completion without implying very large scale
attainment
vsaccomplishment
9 4.7

Reaching a goal or level through effort

focuses on the general act of achieving rather than the result feeling
grand achievement
vsaccomplishment
1 3.9

An important success that shows great skill and effort

means the same act but without stressing exceptional size or importance

Antonyms

557 1.3

Not reaching what was planned or expected

A state when something is not finished or has missing parts

Compounds

A proud, satisfied feeling you get after finishing something difficult

How Significant

breakthrough
242 3.9
triumph
262 3.3
feat
108 3.8
accomplishment
184 3.4
completion
108 2.4
task
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

accomplishment = accomplish (transparent) = accomplish + ment

Standard nominalization: 'accomplish' + '-ment' denotes the action or result of accomplishing, which is directly predictable from the verb.

Etymology

Accomplishment comes from accomplish, which originally meant 'to make complete' and is the same idea as complete. So an accomplishment is something you finish or achieve successfully.