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accomplishes

accomplishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of accomplish.

Meaning of accomplish

Verb

accomplish (third-person singular simple present accomplishes, present participle accomplishing, simple past and past participle accomplished)

  1. (transitive) To finish successfully.
  2. (transitive) 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
  3. (transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
    • to accomplish a design, an object, a promise
  4. (archaic, transitive) 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...
  5. (obsolete, transitive) 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...
  6. (Philippines, transitive) To fill out a form.

Questions about accomplishes

What is accomplishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Accomplishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of accomplish.

Words near accomplishes in the dictionary

  1. accomplished
  2. accomplishedly
  3. accomplishedst
  4. accomplisher
  5. accomplishers
  6. accomplishes
  7. accomplishing
  8. accomplishment
  9. accomplishment cake
  10. accomplishment quotient
  11. accomplishment quotients

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