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Meaning achievement meaning

What does achievement mean?
Definitions in simple English

achievement

An achievement is something that is or was achieved. Winning a championship is a great achievement.

achievement

(= accomplishment) the action of accomplishing something

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Topics achievement topics

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Simple sentences

The manager complimented him on his achievement.
It is quite an achievement!
Great difficulties stand in the way of its achievement.
They awarded him a gold medal for his achievement.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
We shall soon reach one hundred thirty thousand words. That achievement should be attributed to energy and to heart.
Character is not formed through elegant speech, but rather through work and personal achievement.
The most significant achievement of the Hungarian Enlightenment was the language reform.
What a remarkable achievement!
It's a big achievement.
She hoped fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement.
The completion of the Suez canal was a colossal achievement.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Tom is proud of his achievement.
We're proud of our achievement.
That'll be a big achievement.
This is an achievement.

Movie subtitles

Was it for some great achievement? Did you want to become famous as the man who managed to wipe out the entire Yoshioka clan?
Was it for some great achievement?
Horatio Alger and self achievement in the new century.
The crowning achievement of Speedy the Spender.
So, my friends, as mayor of this great city. I take pleasure in inviting our distinguished visitors. to tell us something about their achievement.
And we of the medical and scientific fields in England pay respect to Dr. Beaumont for the most incredible achievement in the history of medical science.
Your Excellency, we are proud to contribute with our minor scientific achievement to the victories achieved by our great Marshal.
It's a tremendous achievement.
So it's my privilege to make an award of this trophy for the year's outstanding achievement in aviation.
This must be an atistic achievement.
For I am sure when he shall see our army he'll drop his heart into the sink of fear and, for achievement, offer us his ransom.
That building is a magnificent architectural achievement.
I'm pleading for a man's achievement.
They hate you for the greatness of your achievement.
It was this big achievement that lead Kapteyn to first distinguish himself at that time.
That's no small achievement!
A great achievement.
This must be an artistic achievement. -Please. After all, we're performing before a very distinguished critic.
Gentlemen, if you wish to know what able men you are, read any of the works of popular fiction that glamorize your achievement but don't, I beg of you, read the daily papers.
Bob Sharkey was twice captured by the Germans in World War I. and both times escaped with a brilliant record of achievement behind enemy lines.
The life cut short was one rich in achievement and promise of service to humanity.
Ladies and gentlemen, for distinguished achievement in the theatre, the Sarah Siddons Award to Miss Eve Harrington.
We cloak ourselves in the glory of our name as if it were an achievement just to be born.
I just think that Ned values his life above scientific achievement.
Our trophy for superior achievement!
I am thrilled to have the honour of announcing the culmination of mankind's history of scientific achievement!
I'm thrilled to have the honour of announcing the culmination of mankind's scientific achievement!
The worry, action, achievement.
Not at all. It's a fine achievement.
It is the annual banquet and presentation of the highest honor our theatre has: the Sarah Siddons Award for Distinguished Achievement.
In recognition of his achievement and efforts I am arranging for you to succeed your father's title.
An outstanding artistic achievement.
What an achievement. And at your age.
Is porridge a big achievement?

News and current affairs

Because of broad European skepticism about fracking, there is no gas miracle in the EU, while the abundance of heavily subsidized renewables has caused over-achievement of the CO2 target.
It is also a rich and original literary achievement that challenges today's consumerist ethic.
To throw away that achievement would impose costs not confined to the present episode.
I am particularly proud of the last achievement, because, by working in partnership with my fellow Mozambicans to expand immunization coverage, I believe that I have played a part in bringing it about.
This vast collection of knowledge, culture, and literary achievement is inaccessible to most people.
Russian fans were so excited by Fischer's unprecedented achievement that they reportedly jammed Moscow telephone exchanges to get information.
In fact, the nuclear agreement - which seems close to completion - is likely to be Iran's most important diplomatic achievement since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, providing it with considerable relief both domestically and internationally.
African farmers should wonder how it could be Bush--not some left-wing Democrat--who reversed the archconservative Newt Gingrich's proudest achievement: the partial reform of agricultural subsidies.
The media is Georgian democracy's most notable achievement up to now.
Greece now has a balanced current account - quite an achievement after double-digit deficits (as a percentage of GDP) a few years ago.
Altogether, support provided by the Global Fund has saved more than nine million lives - a remarkable achievement.
That quiet, so different from the protests that greeted the North American Free Trade Area's creation a decade ago, reflects NAFTA's clear achievement in facilitating and integrating economic exchange among its three partners.
But what we care about most, what gives that achievement its meaning and value, is the ineffable combination of remarkable natural talents and extraordinary dedication.
All of the presidential candidates had made wild promises; but the absence of significant achievement, such as resolving the country's chronic shortages of gas and electricity, helped to fuel the massive anti-Morsi mobilization.
Indeed, one positive achievement by European leaders at the recent Brussels summit was to begin the process of reining in both the ECB and the power of the American ratings agencies.
After all, a long-term agreement would be both a singular foreign-policy achievement for Obama and a boon to his efforts to disentangle the US from the Middle East.
Even the agreement to allow women and children to leave blockaded areas of the city of Homs - an anti-Assad stronghold - fell far short of international mediators' vision (and even this achievement seems to be in doubt).
To have removed the issue from domestic ideological controversy ranks as a major achievement of Schroeder's tenure.
But there is another critical aspect to success and happiness that is often overlooked during these garlanded celebrations of academic achievement: family.
And, more often than not, what we are witnessing is individual achievement - the deeply concentrated agility and courage of the downhill racer or the finely disciplined movements of the gymnast - rather than true team effort.
It is a significant achievement.
Singapore may be efficient, and relatively free of corruption; but it is also a rather sterile place, with little room for intellectual or artistic achievement.
These studies have received wide attention, but an equally momentous achievement of genetic modification has been largely ignored for almost a decade.
This backdrop makes this week's achievement all the more remarkable.
Europe's problem is part of what it believes to be its greatest achievement.
These threats may be proving counter-productive to the achievement of price stability in the euro-zone economy, the central bank's primary objective.
That meant that progress already made could contribute to the achievement of the goal.

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