accomplish
to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
to complete (a distance or period of time): to have accomplished the age of 70;We accomplished the journey in little more than an hour.
Archaic. to provide polish to; perfect.
Origin of accomplish
1synonym study For accomplish
Other words for accomplish
Other words from accomplish
- ac·com·plish·a·ble, adjective
- ac·com·plish·er, noun
- pre·ac·com·plish, verb (used with object)
- un·ac·com·plish·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with accomplish
- accomplice, accomplish
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How to use accomplish in a sentence
To accomplish this, a tight-fitting mask can make a world of difference.
The best ways to stop a mask from fogging up your glasses, ranked | Sandra Gutierrez G. | November 18, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhether beauty will help her accomplish that remains to be seen.
Kohl’s CEO insists its supersize beauty shops can compete with the new Ulta/Target partnership | Phil Wahba | November 17, 2020 | FortuneIt’s a distraction that experts believe will not stand up in court and will accomplish little for the president.
A Pennsylvania poll worker explains the painstaking process of counting votes | Kyle Brashear | November 12, 2020 | VoxOnly three golfers — Fuzzy Zoeller, Horton Smith and Gene Sarazen — have won the Masters in their first attempt, and it has been 41 years since Zoeller last accomplished the feat.
Masters picks: The best bets to put on the green jacket | Matt Bonesteel | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostEverything I want to accomplish in my golf career from now on is really for her.
Michelle Wie West on her golf comeback plan: I want my daughter to see me play | ehinchliffe | November 10, 2020 | Fortune
That which you suppose accomplishable in fourteen or fifteen years, I may believe practicable in a much shorter period.
The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume II | Thomas PaineIn a situation of the utmost accomplishable reality it had been vague, meaningless.
Cytherea | Joseph Hergesheimer
British Dictionary definitions for accomplish
/ (əˈkɒmplɪʃ, əˈkʌm-) /
to manage to do; achieve
to conclude successfully; complete
Origin of accomplish
1Derived forms of accomplish
- accomplishable, adjective
- accomplisher, noun
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