accomplishment

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

• First attested in the early 15th century.
• (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600.
• accomplish +‎ -ment
• From Old French accomplissement, from accomplir

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ə.ˈkɒm.plɪʃ.mənt/

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Noun

accomplishment (plural accomplishments)

1. The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.
2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
   • My new accomplishment of dancing. - Charles Churchill
   • Accomplishments befitting a station. - William Makepeace Thackeray
   • Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace. - William Cowper
3. Something accomplished; an achievement.

Translations

the act of accomplishing

• Bulgarian: постижение (bg) (postižénie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成就 (cmn) (chéngjiù), 成果 (cmn) (chéngguǒ), 成績 (cmn), 成绩 (cmn) (chéngjì)

• Dutch: voltooiing (nl) f
• Finnish: loppuunsaattaminen, päätökseen saattaminen
• French: accomplissement (fr) m
• German: Leistung (de) f, Errungenschaft (de) f

• Italian: realizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 遂行 (ja) (すいこう, suikō), 達成 (ja) (たっせい, tassei), 到達 (ja) (とうたつ, tōtatsu), 業績 (ja) (ぎょうせき, gyōseki), 成果 (ja) (せいか, seika), 成績 (ja) (せいせき, seiseki)
• Macedonian: достигнување (mk) (dostignúvanje) n
• Maori: whakatutukitanga (mi)
• Russian: достижение (ru) (dostižénije) n
• Spanish: logro (es) m, éxito (es) m

that which completes

• Bulgarian: завършване (bg) (zavǎršvane) n, изпълнение (bg) (izpǎlnenie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結束 (cmn), 结束 (cmn) (jiéshù)

• Dutch: prestatie (nl) f
• Finnish: saavutus (fi)

• French: accomplissement (fr) m
• German: Vollendung (de) f
• Japanese: 実績 (ja) (じっせき, jisseki)
• Maori: whakatutukitanga (mi)
• Russian: завершение (ru) (zaveršénije) n

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: hasil, hasil jerih payah. prestasi, hasil yang dicapai
• Italian: talento (it) m

External links

• accomplishment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913