Dictionary

accomplishment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

* First attested in the early 15th century. * (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600. * accomplish + -ment * Borrowed from French accomplissement, from accomplir

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
   • the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc
2. (countable, uncountable) That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
   • I’ll make a proof how I advance in / My new accomplishment of dancing. 1763, Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Book III:
   • Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error:
3. (countable, uncountable) Something accomplished; an achievement.
   • Increasing sales by 20% in the last quarter was seen as a major accomplishment for the business.
4. (countable, uncountable) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
   • Thus it is attested that some children have taken an accomplishment verb like disappear, which does not have a causative counterpart, and used it as a causative accomplishment in sentences like He disappeared it, i.e. ‘He made it disappear.’ 1997, Robert van Valin, Randy LaPolla, Syntax, pages 183-84:

Forms

Deriveds

overaccomplishment · reaccomplishment · accomplishment quotient · nonaccomplishment · unaccomplishment · accomplishment cake

Translations (69)

got 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅 (the act of accomplishing) · sv fullbordan (the act of accomplishing) · sv bedrift (that which completes) · sh dostignuće (achievement) · de Vollendung (the act of accomplishing) · de Fertigkeit (that which completes) · de Ausführung f Durchführung (the act of accomplishing) · ja 到達 (the act of accomplishing) · cmn 才藝 /才艺 (that which completes) · ja 実績 (that which completes) · ru достиже́ние (the act of accomplishing) · fi aikaansaannos (achievement) · cmn 成果 (the act of accomplishing) · mi whakatutukitanga (that which completes) · mi whakatutukitanga (the act of accomplishing) · gl logro (the act of accomplishing) · mk достигнување (the act of accomplishing) · de Fähigkeit (that which completes) · it realizzazione (the act of accomplishing) · ru заверше́ние (that which completes) · grc κατόρθωμα (achievement) · ja 成績 (the act of accomplishing) · sh izvršavanje (the act of accomplishing) · bg изпълнение (that which completes) · fi saavutus (that which completes) · ja 達成 (the act of accomplishing) · fr accomplissement (that which completes) · got 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌹 (achievement) · nl prestatie (that which completes) · it attuazione (the act of accomplishing) · hi उपलब्धि (the act of accomplishing) · nl voltooiing (the act of accomplishing) · cmn 成績 /成绩 (the act of accomplishing) · sh извршавање (the act of accomplishing) · sh postignuće (achievement) · it risultato (achievement) · eo kompletigo (the act of accomplishing) · sv utförande (the act of accomplishing) · fi toteutuminen (the act of accomplishing) · ja 成果 (the act of accomplishing) · mi haumāuiui (that which completes) · cmn 成就 (the act of accomplishing) · fr accomplissement (the act of accomplishing) · it traguardo (achievement) · fi saavutus (achievement) · txb yāmor (the act of accomplishing) · sh постигнуће (achievement) · ja 業績 (the act of accomplishing) · mi haumāuiui (achievement) · de Erfüllung (the act of accomplishing) · ja 遂行 (the act of accomplishing) · bg завършване (that which completes) · it completamento (that which completes) · pl osiągnięcie (achievement) · hi उपलब्धि (achievement) · pt realização (the act of accomplishing) · be дасягне́нне (the act of accomplishing) · fi toteuttaminen (the act of accomplishing) · fi aikaansaanti (the act of accomplishing) · pl osiągnięcie (the act of accomplishing) · bg постиже́ние (the act of accomplishing) · pt realização (that which completes) · de Leistung (achievement) · it concretizzazione (that which completes) · de Errungenschaft (that which completes) · eo plenumo (the act of accomplishing) · sv bedrift (achievement) · ar تَنْفِيذ (the act of accomplishing) · sh достигнуће (achievement)