Dictionary

accomplish en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /əˈkɐm.plɪʃ/ (Australia)
• /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
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• /əˈkɐm.pləʃ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete). First attested in the late 14th century.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To finish successfully.
2. (transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
   • That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 9:2:
   • But the rising ground which lay between him and the French prevented him from seeing the enemy until he had accomplished half a league or more. 1855, William H[ickling] Prescott, “War with France”, in History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, book I, page 231:
3. (transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
   • to accomplish a design, an object, a promise
   • This that is written must yet be accomplished in me 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 22:37:
4. (archaic, transitive) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
   • The armorers accomplishing the knights 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
   • It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. 1638, John Wilkins, The Discovery of a World in the Moone:
   • These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. 1863, Charles Cowden Clarke, Shakespeare's Characters:
5. (obsolete, transitive) To gain; to obtain.
   • And more unlikely / Than to accomplish twenty golden crowns! c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
6. (Philippines, transitive) To fill out a form.

Forms

Deriveds

reaccomplish · mission accomplished · accomplishment · accomplishable · accomplisher

Relateds

complete · comply

Synonyms

equip · realize · pull off · perfect · execute · perform · fulfill · carry out · do · furnish · effectuate · achieve · complete · consummate · effect

Translations (88)

gl completar (to complete, as time or distance) · pt conseguir (to finish successfully) · bg завършвам (to complete, as time or distance) · nb opptjene ((obsolete) to gain; to obtain) · hi उपलब्धि (to finish successfully) · fi saada aikaan (to finish successfully) · hit 𒀸𒊭𒉡𒊻𒍣 (to finish successfully) · ru заверши́ть (to complete, as time or distance) · be дасягну́ць (to finish successfully) · it realizzare (to finish successfully) · fi suorittaa (to complete, as time or distance) · de ausführen (to finish successfully) · kea alkansa (to finish successfully) · it concretizzare (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · sh постићи (to finish successfully) · it ottenere ((obsolete) to gain; to obtain) · hi सफलता (to finish successfully) · bg осъществявам (to finish successfully) · fi saavuttaa (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · sh pòstići (to finish successfully) · nb utrette (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · nb avstedkomme (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · fr accomplir (to finish successfully) · de vollenden ((archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly) · nb effektuere (to finish successfully) · fi toteuttaa (to finish successfully) · mi whakatutuki (to finish successfully) · grc διαπράσσω (to finish successfully) · ar أَدَّى (to finish successfully) · nl volbrengen (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · ru осуществля́ть (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · kea alkansá (to finish successfully) · nb fullbyrde (to finish successfully) · de vollenden (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · nb sluttføre (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · el επιτυγχάνω (to finish successfully) · be дасяга́ць (to finish successfully) · bg извършвам (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · it compiere (to finish successfully) · la patrō (to finish successfully) · pt concretizar (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · sv åstadkomma (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · fi suorittaa (to finish successfully) · de vollenden vollziehen (to finish successfully) · de vollenden (to complete, as time or distance) · zdj utekeleza (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · nb fullende (to finish successfully) · da fuldende (to finish successfully) · gl conseguir (to finish successfully) · grc ἐξεργάζομαι (to finish successfully) · nl volbrengen (to finish successfully) · mi whakatutuki (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · cmn 達到 /达到 (to finish successfully) · osx gifrummian (to finish successfully) · da fuldende ((archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly) · it rifinire ((archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly) · nb fullende (to complete, as time or distance) · ru заверша́ть (to complete, as time or distance) · osx fremmian (to finish successfully) · sa साध्नोति (to finish successfully) · la peragō (to finish successfully) · ru осуществи́ть (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · fr accomplir (to complete, as time or distance) · ca aconseguir (to finish successfully) · da fuldende (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · ang fremman (to finish successfully) · fi saada tehdyksi (to finish successfully) · he בִּצֵּעַ (to finish successfully) · fi suorittaa (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · grc ἐξεργάζομαι (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · fi saattaa päätökseen (to finish successfully) · fi saavuttaa (to complete, as time or distance) · sv uträtta (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · it completare (to complete, as time or distance) · bg осъществявам (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · osx frummian (to finish successfully) · nb fullføre (to complete, as time or distance) · sh ìspuniti (to finish successfully) · fr accomplir (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) · fi varustaa ((archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly) · da fuldende (to complete, as time or distance) · sh ѝспунити (to finish successfully) · pl dokonywać (to finish successfully) · fi hankkia ((obsolete) to gain; to obtain) · la perpetrō (to finish successfully) · sv fullborda (to finish successfully) · it trascorrere (to complete, as time or distance) · pl dokonać (to finish successfully)