accomplish
Syllables: ac·com·plishUK/əˈkʌm.plɪʃ//əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/
accomplish verb: to finish successfully.
Verb
accomplish (third-person singular simple present accomplishes, present participle accomplishing, simple past and past participle accomplished)
- To finish successfully.
- To complete, as time or distance.
- That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 9:2
- But the rising ground which lay between him and the French prevented him from seeing the enemy until he had accomplished half a league or more.1855, William H[ickling] Prescott, “War with France”, in History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, book I, page 231
- To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
- to accomplish a design, an object, a promise
- This that is written must yet be accomplished in me1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 22:37
- To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
- The armorers accomplishing the knights1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it.1638, John Wilkins, The Discovery of a World in the Moone
- To gain; to obtain.
- And more unlikely / Than to accomplish twenty golden crowns!c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- To fill out a form.
accomplish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
accomplish in Hindi
- to finish successfully
- सफलता saphaltā, उपलब्धि uplabdhi
accomplish in Tamil
- செய், நிறைவேற்று, முடித்துவிடு, பலதிறட்பண்புகளால் நிறைவாக்கு
accomplish in Urdu
- انجام دینا, مکمل کرنا, پار اترنا, پورا کرنا, سر کرنا
accomplish in Bengali
- to accomplish, finish
- মিটা miṭa
More languagesFewer languages
- accomplish in Telugu
- తేలించు tēliñcu
- accomplish in Malayalam
- പൂർത്തിയാക്കുക, നേടുക, കൈവരിക്കുക, നിറവേറ്റുക
- accomplish in Kannada
- ಕಯ್ಗೂಡು, ಕೈಗೂಡು, ಕಡೆಸಲ್ಲು, ನೆರವೇರು
- accomplish in Punjabi
- ਸੁਆਰਨਾ suāranā
- accomplish in Sanskrit
- साध्नोति sādhnoti
- accomplish in Arabic
- أَدَّى ʔaddā
Examples of accomplish in a sentence
- The headless army blundered along after the death of their general, accomplishing nothing.
- If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accomplishing.
Synonyms of accomplish
Forms of accomplish
| third-person singular present | accomplishes |
|---|---|
| present participle | accomplishing |
| past participle | accomplished |
| past | accomplished |
Origin of accomplish
From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete). First attested in the late 14th century.
Words formed from accomplish
Questions about accomplish
- What does accomplish mean?
- Accomplish means to finish successfully.
- What is accomplish in Hindi?
- Accomplish in Hindi is सफलता (saphaltā), उपलब्धि (uplabdhi). See Accomplish meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is accomplish?
- Accomplish is a verb.
- How do you pronounce accomplish?
- Accomplish is pronounced /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of accomplish?
- The past tense of accomplish is accomplished.
Words near accomplish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accomplish (page history and authors); accomplish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accomplish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মিটা (Bengali) (page history and authors); తేలించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); accomplish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accomplish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੁਆਰਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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