verb
Meaning 1
To finish successfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
accomplish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ/
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General-American, dialectal: /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ of Canada
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General-American, dialectal: /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ of Canada
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Canada, dialectal: /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ/ of the US
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Australian: /əˈkɐm.plɪʃ/
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New-Zealand: /əˈkɐm.pləʃ/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 K AA1 M P L IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To complete, as time or distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to accomplish a design, an object, a promise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To gain; to obtain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To fill out a form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
put in effect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- carry out a task
- execute the decision of the people
- He actioned the operation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carry through, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complete, finish, effect, effectuate, set up
Narrower terms: get over, run, consummate, do, perform, dispatch, discharge, complete
verb
Meaning 8
to gain with effort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she achieved her goal despite setbacks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Narrower terms: score, reach, make, get to, progress to, begin, come to, strike, culminate, compass, average, wangle, finagle, manage
History
Etymology
From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete). First attested in the late 14th century.
Across languages
Translations
92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَدَّى (ʔaddā) — to finish successfully
- Belarusian: дасяга́ць (dasjahácʹ) — to finish successfully
- Belarusian: дасягну́ць (dasjahnúcʹ) — to finish successfully
- Bulgarian: осъществявам (osǎštestvjavam) — to finish successfully
- Catalan: aconseguir — to finish successfully
- Chinese Mandarin: 達到 /达到 (dádào) — to finish successfully
- Danish: fuldende — to finish successfully
- Dutch: volbrengen — to finish successfully
- Finnish: suorittaa — to finish successfully
- Finnish: toteuttaa — to finish successfully
- Finnish: saada tehdyksi — to finish successfully
- Finnish: saattaa päätökseen — to finish successfully
- Finnish: saada aikaan — to finish successfully
- French: accomplir — to finish successfully
- Galician: conseguir — to finish successfully
- German: vollenden vollziehen — to finish successfully
- German: ausführen — to finish successfully
- Greek: επιτυγχάνω (epityncháno) — to finish successfully
- Ancient Greek: διαπράσσω (diaprássō) — to finish successfully
- Ancient Greek: ἐξεργάζομαι (exergázomai) — to finish successfully
- Hebrew: בִּצֵּעַ (bitséa) — to finish successfully
- Hindi: सफलता (saphaltā) — to finish successfully
- Hindi: उपलब्धि (uplabdhi) — to finish successfully
- Hittite: 𒀸𒊭𒉡𒊻𒍣 (aššanuzzi) — to finish successfully
- Italian: compiere — to finish successfully
- Italian: realizzare — to finish successfully
- Kabuverdianu: alkansa — to finish successfully
- Kabuverdianu: alkansá — to finish successfully
- Latin: patrō — to finish successfully
- Latin: perpetrō — to finish successfully
- Latin: peragō — to finish successfully
- Māori: whakatutuki — to finish successfully
- Norwegian Bokmål: fullbyrde — to finish successfully
- Norwegian Bokmål: fullende — to finish successfully
- Norwegian Bokmål: effektuere — to finish successfully
- Old English: fremman — to finish successfully
- Old Saxon: fremmian — to finish successfully
- Old Saxon: frummian — to finish successfully
- Old Saxon: gifrummian — to finish successfully
- Polish: dokonywać — to finish successfully
- Polish: dokonać — to finish successfully
- Portuguese: conseguir — to finish successfully
- Sanskrit: साध्नोति (sādhnoti) — to finish successfully
- Serbo-Croatian: постићи — to finish successfully
- Serbo-Croatian: ѝспунити — to finish successfully
- Serbo-Croatian: pòstići — to finish successfully
- Serbo-Croatian: ìspuniti — to finish successfully
- Spanish: efectuar — to finish successfully
- Spanish: realizar — to finish successfully
- Spanish: lograr — to finish successfully
- Swedish: fullborda — to finish successfully
- Bulgarian: завършвам (zavǎršvam) — to complete, as time or distance
- Danish: fuldende — to complete, as time or distance
- Finnish: suorittaa — to complete, as time or distance
- Finnish: saavuttaa — to complete, as time or distance
- French: accomplir — to complete, as time or distance
- Galician: completar — to complete, as time or distance
- German: vollenden — to complete, as time or distance
- Italian: completare — to complete, as time or distance
- Italian: trascorrere — to complete, as time or distance
- Norwegian Bokmål: fullføre — to complete, as time or distance
- Norwegian Bokmål: fullende — to complete, as time or distance
- Russian: заверша́ть (zaveršátʹ) — to complete, as time or distance
- Russian: заверши́ть (zaveršítʹ) — to complete, as time or distance
- Spanish: completar — to complete, as time or distance
- Bulgarian: извършвам (izvǎršvam) — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Bulgarian: осъществявам (osǎštestvjavam) — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Ngazidja Comorian: utekeleza — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Danish: fuldende — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Dutch: volbrengen — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Finnish: suorittaa — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Finnish: saavuttaa — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- French: accomplir — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- German: vollenden — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Ancient Greek: ἐξεργάζομαι (exergázomai) — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Italian: concretizzare — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Māori: whakatutuki — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Norwegian Bokmål: sluttføre — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Norwegian Bokmål: avstedkomme — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Norwegian Bokmål: utrette — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Portuguese: concretizar — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Russian: осуществля́ть (osuščestvljátʹ) — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Russian: осуществи́ть (osuščestvítʹ) — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Swedish: åstadkomma — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Swedish: uträtta — to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform
- Danish: fuldende — (archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly
- Finnish: varustaa — (archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly
- German: vollenden — (archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly
- Italian: rifinire — (archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly
- Finnish: hankkia — (obsolete) to gain; to obtain
- Italian: ottenere — (obsolete) to gain; to obtain
- Norwegian Bokmål: opptjene — (obsolete) to gain; to obtain
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