Definition of achievement
1 : the act of achieving something the achievement of an ambition
2a : a result gained by effort : accomplishment being honored for her academic achievements a major scientific achievementb : a great or heroic deed
3 : the quality and quantity of a student's work standardized tests to measure achievement
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Examples of achievement in a Sentence
The discovery of DNA was a major scientific achievement.
It was a great achievement.
Getting the project done on time was a real achievement.
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The achievements and difficulties of the Obama years are reflected in people such as Karen Rezny.
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The tenderest of landmark achievements, Barry Jenkins’ exquisitely directed drama demystifies a black gay man’s coming-of-age from within.
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A key part of the film was about whether Reynolds would be well enough to accept a lifetime achievement award.
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Half of the gift will underwrite six Spelman students who have demonstrated stellar academic achievement and who are engaged in community service.
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In the first two years of his presidency, when Democrats controlled the House and Senate, Mr. Obama netted his leading domestic policy achievement: the Affordable Care Act.
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Beyond the remarkable technological achievement of clean air travel, the trip is a feat of human endurance.
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All of their rewards came, not from individual initiative and enterprise, but from absolute obedience—a situation that severely depresses the need for achievement among all peoples.
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In 1866 came their crowning achievement--the opening of the Syrian Protestant College, in Beirut, with a Vermonter, the Reverend Daniel Bliss, as its president.
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Origin and Etymology of achievement
see achieve
First Known Use: 15th century
Synonym Discussion of achievement
ACHIEVEMENT Defined for English Language Learners
achievement
playDefinition of achievement for English Language Learners
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: something that has been done or achieved through effort : a result of hard work
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: the act of achieving something : the state or condition of having achieved or accomplished something
ACHIEVEMENT Defined for Kids
achievement
playDefinition of achievement for Students
1 : the state of having gotten through great effort achievement of a goal
2 : something gotten especially by great effort a scientific achievement
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