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accomplishing

accomplishing is the present participle and gerund 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 accomplishing

What is accomplishing the present participle and gerund of?
Accomplishing is the present participle and gerund of accomplish.

Words near accomplishing in the dictionary

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

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