accomplish

[ uh-kom-plish ]

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verb (used with object)

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

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French accompliss-, stem of acomplir, equivalent to a- ac- + complir, ultimately from Latin complēre “to fill”; see complete, -ish²

synonym study For accomplish

1. See do¹.

Other words for accomplish

1	complete, fulfill; execute, effect

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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

Paul accomplishes this largely by cutting overseas operational costs and war spending from $159 billion to nothing by 2016.
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But the biggest question left unexplored is what all of this dough accomplishes.
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And I am just so amazed at what she does and what she accomplishes as a person of my generation.
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What CinemaSins accomplishes is at least a close reading of a film, without regard for its audience appeal.
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The Known World does these things, and accomplishes something else besides: it exposes the false comforts of moral certainty.
American Dreams, 2003: The Known World by Edward P. Jones | Nathaniel Rich | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

Whether it is or not, it accomplishes admirably the purpose of its author, to fix in beautiful verse the former life of the Rhone.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
This extraordinary feat she accomplishes in a seeming trance.
A German Pompadour | Marie Hay
He accomplishes his diurnal revolution in less than ten hours!
Astronomy for Amateurs | Camille Flammarion
She chooses alone, and she accomplishes all that has been accomplished for others by cultivated ancestors.
Girls and Women | Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
What fire superiority accomplishes; psychological moment for charge determined by tactical instinct.
Manual of Military Training | James A. Moss

British Dictionary definitions for accomplish

accomplish

/ (əˈkɒmplɪʃ, əˈkʌm-) /

verb(tr)

to manage to do; achieve
to conclude successfully; complete

Origin of accomplish

C14: from Old French acomplir to complete, ultimately from Latin complēre to fill up. See complete

Derived forms of accomplish

accomplishable, adjective
accomplisher, noun

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