achieve
English
/əˈtʃiːv/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
- (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
- (obsolete) To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
- (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
- (obsolete) To conclude, to turn out.
- (transitive) To obtain (a material thing).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English achieven derived from achever derived from Old French achever derived from Latin *accappāre.
Origin
Latin
*accappāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- achievability English
- achievable English
- achiever English
- nonachiever English
- outachieve English
- overachieve English
- overachiever English
- reachieve English
- superachiever English
- unachievable English
- underachieve English
- underachiever English
- *accappāre Latin
- *accapāre Latin
- *capum Latin
- Reconstruction:Latin/capum Latin
- caput Latin
- achever French
- achèvement French
- chef French
- parachever French
- acabamiento Spanish, Castilian
- acabar Spanish, Castilian
- achieven Middle English
- chef Middle English
- achevement Old French
- achever Old French
- chief Old French
- covrechief Old French
- acaballes Catalan, Valencian
- acabament Catalan, Valencian
- acabar Catalan, Valencian
- ag'ver Norman
- chef Norman
- achever Middle French
- chief Middle French
- xefe Old Spanish
- achever xno