accomplishment
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[edit] Etymology
French accomplissement, from accomplir
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accomplishment (plural accomplishments)
- The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.
- 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
[edit] Translations
the act of accomplishing
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that which completes
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[edit] External links
- accomplishment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
