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accomplish

[uh-kom-plish]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
  2. 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.
  3. Archaic. to provide polish to; perfect.
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Origin of accomplish

1350–1400; Middle English, earlier accomplice < Middle French accompliss-, stem of acomplir, equivalent to a- ac- + complir ≪ Latin complēre to fill; see complete, -ish2
Related formsac·com·plish·a·ble, adjectiveac·com·plish·er, nounpre·ac·com·plish, verb (used with object)un·ac·com·plish·a·ble, adjective
Can be confusedaccomplice accomplish

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1. complete, fulfill; execute, effect.

Synonym study

1. See do1.
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British Dictionary definitions for accomplishable

accomplish

verb (tr)
  1. to manage to do; achieve
  2. to conclude successfully; complete
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Derived Formsaccomplishable, adjectiveaccomplisher, noun

Word Origin

C14: from Old French acomplir to complete, ultimately from Latin complēre to fill up. See complete
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Word Origin and History for accomplishable

accomplish

v.

late 14c., from Old French acompliss-, present participle stem of acomplir "to fulfill, fill up, complete" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *accomplere, from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + complere "fill up" (see complete (adj.)). Related: Accomplished; accomplishing.

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