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Word: Achieve
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘complete successfully’): from Old French achever ‘come or bring to a head’, from a chief ‘to a head’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈtʃiːv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill, or courage
Short Definition:successfully bring about or reach desired objective or result
Examples:- he achieved his ambition to become a press photographer
- the killings achieved nothing
- people striving to achieve
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