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

It is a culture, and sometimes a connection upon its basis is key to accomplishing a certain goal.
Is John Garland Guilty of Teaching While White at Alabama State? | John McWhorter | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the absence of the consideration of the strategic intent of the residual force, we are left with accomplishing mere “actions.”
Should the Military Pull All Forces Out of Afghanistan After 2014? | Daniel L. Davis | February 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
His mind is set on accomplishing a task, and that task gives him a sense of purpose and a source of meaning.
New Year’s Reading List: Books to Transform Your Sad Life | David Masciotra | January 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Authors are sometimes not aware of what they are accomplishing in an authoritarian society.
The Politics of Literature: An interview with Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa | Michael Moynihan | October 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
If there is a less restrictive way of accomplishing the same end, a statute such as the metadata statute becomes unconstitutional.
Pentagon Papers’ James C. Goodale: The Outrageous NSA Opinion | James C. Goodale | September 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

At last there appeared some probability of their accomplishing this, after a most curious and truly Mexican fashion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV. | Various
Up to this period he had not been successful in accomplishing his great wish—the shooting of a lion.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyne
And indeed such is about all we are accomplishing, even here at Port Royal, until we have learned the language.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614 | Various
We had the satisfaction of accomplishing the task in the allotted time, which not every company was able to do.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
In Figure 35 another method used by him for accomplishing the same purpose is shown.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Miller

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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