Achieve Achieved əˈtʃiːv I Verb Finally Success Great

• he had finally achieved success.
• they have both achieved great results
• she has worked hard to achieve her goal.
• to achieve an objective/aim

achieve

Verb Forms

1. to succeed in reaching a particular goal, status or standard, especially by making an effort for a long time
• SYNONYM attain
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/attain
• He had finally achieved success.
• They have both achieved great results
• She has worked hard to achieve her goal.
• to achieve an objective/aim
• They could not achieve their target of less than 3% inflation.
• The firm has achieved the status of undisputed market leader.
• Course objectives were achieved through a range of activities.

Extra Examples

• I achieved a longstanding ambition to fly solo.
• Sooner or later our shared efforts will achieve results.
• The present law has failed to achieve its objectives.
• how to achieve a balance between work and family life
2. to succeed in doing something or causing something to happen
• SYNONYM accomplish
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/accomplish
• I haven't achieved very much today.
• All you've achieved is to upset my parents.

Extra Examples

• By the end of the afternoon we had achieved very little.
• They haven't achieved much yet.
• I knew that the demonstration would achieve nothing.
3. to be successful
• SEE ALSO overachieve
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/overachieve
• Their background gives them little chance of achieving at school.
• These students need to achieve academically in order to enter the labour market.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French achever ‘come or bring to a head’, from a chief ‘to a head’.