achievement

English Online Dictionary. What means achievement‎? What does achievement mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle French achevement (compare Modern French achèvement), from Old French achevement, from the verb achever, achiever (“to finish”); equivalent to achieve +‎ -ment. The heraldic sense may be influenced by hatchment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈt͡ʃiːv.mənt/, /əˈt͡ʃiːv.mɪnt/

Noun

achievement (countable and uncountable, plural achievements)

1. The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
2. A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
3. (heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.
4. (video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.

   Synonyms: trophy, chiev

5. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
6. (sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.

Synonyms

• accomplishment

Derived terms

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Further reading

• “achievement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.