grand achievement
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3.9
- noun
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gran logro
- The construction of the new bridge represents a grand achievement for the engineers and the city.
Examples
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Graduating from university with honors is considered a grand achievement in her family.
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It is a grand achievement of which each individual is extremely proud to be a part.
Academic text (1999) -
The hardest granite is ephemeral compared with a grand achievement," wrote a newspaperman praising David.
Academic text (2007) -
It's a grand achievement for scientists collaborating at the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which fired up over 2.5 years ago on the dubious search for the Higgs particle.
Blog text (15) -
Winning the championship was a grand achievement for the entire team and their dedicated fans.
Synonyms
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1.0
Getting what you want after working hard
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2.3
A success you reach after working hard
262
3.3
A great victory or success that brings joy
184
3.4
A successful task or goal that you finish
103
3.2
An important event that shows progress in a person's life or project
26
2.0
A very big result that makes many people very pleased
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4.7
Reaching a goal or level through effort
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3.3
A very good piece of work that people praise in public or get an award for
A very large win that brings much money or attention
Antonyms
How Significant
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a significant or outstanding accomplishment' is directly and transparently predictable from combining 'grand' (magnificent, important) with 'achievement' (an accomplished goal). This is a standard adjective+noun composition found across languages and follows normal English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Grand achievement creates a clear picture: grand means big or impressive and achievement is something hard you finish after much work, like a tall trophy on a stage. So the phrase means 'an important or outstanding success'.