Accomplish

  • 11accomplish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English accomplisshen, from Anglo French accompliss , stem of accomplir, from Vulgar Latin *accomplēre, from Latin ad + complēre to fill up more at complete Date: 14th century 1. to bring about (a result) by… …

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  • 12accomplish — [[t]əkʌ̱mplɪʃ, AM əkɒ̱m [/t]] accomplishes, accomplishing, accomplished VERB If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it. [V n] If we d all work together, I think we could accomplish our goal... [V n] They are skeptical about how much… …

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  • 13accomplish — accomplishable, adj. accomplisher, n. /euh kom plish/, v.t. 1. to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one s mission. 2. to complete (a distance or period of time): to have accomplished the age of 70; We… …

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  • 14accomplish — verb /əˈkəm.plɪʃ,əˈkɔm.pliʃ/ a) To finish successfully. , That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Daniel 9:2 b) To complete, as time or distance. , He had accomplished half a league or more. Syn: do …

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  • 15accomplish — verb ADVERB ▪ successfully ▪ A rather difficult task had been successfully accomplished. ▪ easily Accomplish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aim, ↑end, ↑feat, ↑ …

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  • 16accomplish — ac|com|plish [ ə kʌmplıʃ ] verb transitive ** to succeed in doing something, especially something that you have been trying to do for a period of time: His job was to achieve the release of the hostages, a task he successfully accomplished. We… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17accomplish — ac•com•plish [[t]əˈkɒm plɪʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to bring to a goal or successful conclusion; carry out; finish: to accomplish one s mission[/ex] 2) to complete (a distance or period of time) • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME, earlier accomplice < MF… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18accomplish — accomplice, accomplish The standard pronunciation of both words is now kum , not kom …

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  • 19accomplish promptly — index expedite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 20accomplish — Synonyms and related words: achieve, act, approach, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, attain, attain to, be productive, be received, blow in, bob up, bring about, bring into being, bring off, bring through, bring to completion, bring to fruition,… …

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