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present participle of achieve
Synonyms & Antonyms of achieving
1
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
- finally achieved stardom
Synonyms for achieving
- attaining,
- bagging,
- chalking up,
- clocking (up)
- [chiefly British],
- gaining,
- hitting,
- logging,
- making,
- notching (up),
- racking up,
- ringing up,
- scoring,
- winning
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2
to carry through (as a process) to completion
- finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boys' choir made up of inner-city kids
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“Achieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achieving. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
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