accomplishment
UK/əˈkɒm.plɪʃ.mənt//əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/
accomplishment noun: the act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
Noun
accomplishment (countable and uncountable, plural accomplishments)
- The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
- the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc
- That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
- I’ll make a proof how I advance in / My new accomplishment of dancing.1763, Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Book III
- Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace ;1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error
- Something accomplished; an achievement.
- Increasing sales by 20% in the last quarter was seen as a major accomplishment for the business.
- The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
- Thus it is attested that some children have taken an accomplishment verb like disappear, which does not have a causative counterpart, and used it as a causative accomplishment in sentences like He disappeared it, i.e. ‘He made it disappear.’1997, Robert van Valin, Randy LaPolla, Syntax, pages 183-84
accomplishment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
accomplishment in Hindi
- the act of accomplishing
- उपलब्धि uplabdhi
- achievement
- उपलब्धि uplabdhi
accomplishment in Tamil
- சாதனை, முடித்தல், நிறைவேற்றல், நிரைவேற்றிய செயல், சிறப்புத் திறமை, வித்தகம்
accomplishment in Urdu
- accomplishment
- اتمام itmām
accomplishment in Bengali
- accomplishment, execution, action
- করণ koron
More languagesFewer languages
- accomplishment in Malayalam
- നൈപുണ്യം, സാഫല്യം, വിജയം, നേട്ടം
- accomplishment in Kannada
- ಸಾಧನ sādhana
- accomplishment in Sanskrit
- साध्य sādhyá, राद्धि rā́ddhi, साधना sādhanā, कॢप्ति kḷ́pti
- accomplishment in Arabic
- تَنْفِيذ tanfīḏ
Examples of accomplishment in a sentence
- His accomplishments, morals, loyalty, and stature make him a respectable person.
- I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accomplishments.
Forms of accomplishment
| plural | accomplishments |
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Origin of accomplishment
* First attested in the early 15th century. * (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600. * accomplish + -ment * Borrowed from French accomplissement, from accomplir
Words formed from accomplishment
Phrases with accomplishment
Questions about accomplishment
- What does accomplishment mean?
- Accomplishment means the act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
- What is accomplishment in Hindi?
- Accomplishment in Hindi is उपलब्धि (uplabdhi). See Accomplishment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is accomplishment?
- Accomplishment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce accomplishment?
- Accomplishment is pronounced /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ.mənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of accomplishment?
- The plural of accomplishment is accomplishments.
Words near accomplishment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accomplishment (page history and authors); accomplishment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اتمام (Urdu) (page history and authors); করণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); accomplishment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಸಾಧನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); कॢप्ति (Sanskrit) (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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