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Achievement

Achievement Meaning & Definition
Achievement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Achievement?

[n] the action of accomplishing something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Achievement: accomplishment

Related Terms | Find terms related to Achievement: accomplished fact | accomplishment | acquirement | acquisition | act | acta | action | administration | advent | adventure | alerion | animal charge | annulet | appearance | approach | argent | aristeia | armorial bearings | armory | arms | arrival | attainment | azure | bandeau | bar | bar sinister | baton | bearings | bend | bend sinister | billet | blazon | blazonry | blow | bold stroke | bordure | bringing to fruition | broad arrow | cadency mark | canton | carrying out | chaplet | charge | chevron | chief | coat of arms | cockatrice | coming | commission | completion | conduct | consummation | coronet | coup | crescent | crest | cross | cross moline | crown | dealings | deed | device | difference | differencing | discharge | dispatch | doing | doings | eagle | effectuation | effort | enactment | endeavor | enterprise | ermine | ermines | erminites | erminois | escutcheon | execution | exploit | fait accompli | falcon | feat | fess | fess point | field | file | finish | flanch | fleur-de-lis | fret | fruition | fulfillment | fur | fusil | garland | gest | go | griffin | gules | gyron | hand | handiwork | handling | hatchment | helmet | heraldic device | heroic act | honor point | impalement | impaling | implementation | inescutcheon | job | label | lion | lozenge | management | maneuver | mantling | marshaling | martlet | mascle | measure | metal | mission accomplished | motto | move | mullet | nombril point | octofoil | operation | or | ordinary | orle | overproduction | overt act | pale | paly | passage | pean | performance | perpetration | pheon | proceeding | production | productiveness | purpure | quarter | quartering | reaching | realization | res gestae | rose | sable | saltire | scutcheon | shield | spread eagle | step | stroke | stunt | subordinary | success | tenne | thing | thing done | tincture | torse | tour de force | transaction | tressure | turn | undertaking | unicorn | vair | vert | victory | work | works | wreath | yale

See Also | accomplished fact | action | arrival | attainment | base on balls | close call | close shave | completion | credit | deed | effort | enlisting | exploit | face saver | face saving | fait accompli | feat | freeing | going | haymaking | liberation | masterpiece | masterstroke | narrow escape | pass | performance | reaching | record | recruitment | release | sledding | smooth | squeak | squeaker | track record | walk

Achievement In Webster's Dictionary

\A*chieve"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. ach[`e]vement, E. {Hatchment}.] 1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object. 2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat. [The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. --Barrow. The highest achievements of the human intellect. --Macaulay. 3. (Her.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called {hatchment}. --Cussans.

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