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achieve
Verb
  • ∙ To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. [from 14th c.] intransitive
  • ∙ To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.] transitive
  • ∙ To conclude, finish, especially successfully. [14th-18th c.] obsolete, transitive
  • ∙ To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.] transitive
  • ∙ To conclude, to turn out. [14th-16th c.] obsolete, intransitive
  • ∙ To obtain (a material thing). [from 15th c.] transitive, now literary