Skip to main content
to achieve

to achieve

2.3
To reach a goal by effort or skill
  • verb
  • /əˈtʃiv/
translation icon : lograr
  • During the visit, we achieved a string of outcomes.
  • achieve a goal
  • achieve success
  • achieve a level

How do you work less and achieve more, right?

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • And then you can indeed achieve something spectacular.

  • She worked hard to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor.

  • How do you work less and achieve more, right?

  • Given this, then how do we achieve our state of flow?

  • But there is so much you can achieve that is not by doing.

  • So let me see if I can actually achieve that.

  • And what will we do to achieve it?

  • To help our team... achieve victory!

  • Is there advice you have for how to achieve focus on a task?

  • Perfect aim can be difficult to achieve under stressful circumstances.

Synonyms

to reach
vsto achieve
1.1

Get to a place, level, or goal after effort

emphasizes completing successfully rather than just arriving
to accomplish
vsto achieve
942 2.6

To do something successfully after much effort

is the general idea of successful completion after effort
to succeed
vsto achieve
846 2.0

To reach a goal after trying hard

is about successful completion especially by effort or skill
to make it
vsto achieve
  • Informal
207 3.4

To become very successful in a job or career

refers to completing things successfully rather than becoming overall successful
to realize
vsto achieve
  • US
142 2.7

To make an idea, plan, or wish become real

focuses on general successful results rather than making ideas real
to attain
vsto achieve
110 3.9

To reach a level, place, or goal after hard work

stresses a successful result gained by effort, skill, or courage
to get the job done
vsto achieve
94 2.4

To finish a task well and quickly

covers any successful completion achieved through effort or skill
to triumph
vsto achieve
60 3.4

To win or succeed and feel great joy

describes successful completion without the strong emotional victory focus
to deliver results
vsto achieve
  • Jargon
3 3.7

Achieve the needed goal at work or in projects

focuses on success by effort or skill across any situation

Antonyms

898 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

How Successful

to triumph
60 3.4
to excel
58 3.7
to achieve
2.3
to manage
3.2
to fail
898 1.0

Surface Forms

achieve infinitive
achieved past
achieved past participle
achieving present participle
achieves third person singular

Etymology

Achieve comes from an old French verb meaning 'to bring to a head', and it shares the same root as chief, which means 'head' or 'leader'. So to achieve something is to bring it to its 'head', that is, to finish it or succeed at it.