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Past tense of achieve

regular verb

The past tense of achieve is achieved. The past participle is also achieved.

Forms of achieve

Base form (V1)achieve /əˈt͡ʃiːv/
Past tense (V2)achieved /əˈt͡ʃiːvd/
Past participle (V3)achieved /əˈt͡ʃiːvd/
Present participleachieving /əˈt͡ʃiːvɪŋ/
Third person singularachieves /əˈt͡ʃiːvz/

Achieved in a sentence

  • Hannah achieved her lifelong dream of winning a medal at the Olympics.
  • Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3–1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2 – 1 Bradford (3–4)”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024
  • Breast milk expression can be achieved by hand or with a pump.From the entry expression
  • The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.From the entry halt
  • After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t.From the entry lasting

Meaning of achieve

  1. verb To carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish.
  2. verb To gain or obtain (a desired objective, result, etc.) through effort or skill; to succeed in attaining (an objective, result, etc.); to win.
  3. verb To obtain (a physical thing); to get.

Full definition of achieve

Questions about the past tense of achieve

What is the past tense of achieve?
The past tense of achieve is achieved.
What is the past participle of achieve?
The past participle of achieve is achieved.
Is achieve a regular or irregular verb?
Achieve is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: achieve (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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