accomplish

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 late 14th century.
• Late Middle English acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, present participle stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Latin ad + complere ‎(“to fill up, to complete”).
• See also complete, finish.

Pronunciation

• (UK, New Zealand, Australia) IPA^(key): /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/, /ə.ˈkɒm.plɪʃ/

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• Hyphenation: a‧ccom‧plish

Verb

accomplish ‎(third-person singular simple present accomplishes, present participle accomplishing, simple past and past participle accomplished)

1. (transitive) To finish successfully.
2. (transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
   • That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. - Daniel 9:2
   • He had accomplished half a league or more. - William H. Prescott
3. (transitive) To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
   • This that is written must yet be accomplished in me - Luke 22:37
4. (transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
   • The armorers accomplishing the knights - Shakespeare, Henry V, IV-chorus
   • It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. - John Wilkins
   • These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. - Charles Cowden Clarke
5. (transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain

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Synonyms

• do, perform, fulfill, realize, effect, effectuate, complete, consummate, execute, achieve, perfect, equip, furnish, carry out

Translations

to finish successfully

• Belarusian: дасяга́ць impf ‎(dasjahácʹ), дасягну́ць pf ‎(dasjahnúcʹ)
• Bulgarian: осъществявам (bg) ‎(osǎštestvjavam)
• Danish: fuldende
• Dutch: volbrengen (nl)
• Finnish: suorittaa (fi), toteuttaa (fi), saada (fi) tehdyksi (fi), saattaa (fi) päätökseen, saada (fi) aikaan
• German: vollenden (de)
• Greek: επιτυγχάνω (el) ‎(epityncháno)
• Italian: compiere (it), realizzare (it)
• Maori: whakatutuki
• Old English: fremman (ang)
• Old Saxon: fremmian, frummian, gifrummian

• Polish: dokonywać (pl), dokonać (pl)
• Portuguese: conseguir (pt) (with verb)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} соверша́ть (ru) impf ‎(soveršátʹ), ^{(please verify)} соверши́ть (ru) impf ‎(soveršítʹ), ^{(please verify)} выполня́ть (ru) impf ‎(vypolnjátʹ), ^{(please verify)} вы́полнить (ru) pf ‎(výpolnitʹ), ^{(please verify)} достига́ть (ru) impf ‎(dostigátʹ), ^{(please verify)} дости́гнуть (ru) pf ‎(dostígnutʹ), ^{(please verify)} дости́чь (ru) impf ‎(dostíčʹ), ^{(please verify)} заверша́ть (ru) impf ‎(zaveršátʹ), ^{(please verify)} заверши́ть (ru) pf ‎(zaveršítʹ), ^{(please verify)} доводи́ть до конца́ impf ‎(dovodítʹ do koncá) , ^{(please verify)} довести́ до конца́ pf ‎(dovestí do koncá)
• Spanish: efectuar (es), realizar (es), lograr (es)
• Swedish: fullborda (sv)

to complete, as time or distance

• Bulgarian: завършвам (bg) ‎(zavǎršvam)
• Danish: fuldende
• Finnish: suorittaa (fi), saavuttaa (fi)

• German: vollenden (de)
• Russian: заверша́ть (ru) impf ‎(zaveršátʹ), заверши́ть (ru) pf ‎(zaveršítʹ)
• Spanish: completar (es)

to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform

• Bulgarian: извършвам (bg) ‎(izvǎršvam), осъществявам (bg) ‎(osǎštestvjavam)
• Danish: fuldende
• Dutch: volbrengen (nl)
• Finnish: suorittaa (fi), saavuttaa (fi)
• German: vollenden (de)

• Maori: whakatutuki
• Russian: осуществля́ть (ru) impf ‎(osuščestvljátʹ), осуществи́ть (ru) pf ‎(osuščestvítʹ)
• Swedish: åstadkomma (sv), uträtta (sv)

to equip or furnish thoroughly

• Danish: fuldende
• Finnish: varustaa (fi)

• German: vollenden (de)

(obsolete) to gain; to obtain

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} accomplir
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} menyelesaikan
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} complir, ^{(please verify)} realisar
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} compire
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 完成させる ‎(かんせいさせる, kansei-saseru) , ^{(please verify)} 成し遂げる ‎(なしとげる, nashitogeru), ^{(please verify)} 完了させる ‎(かんりょうさせる, kanryō-saseru)

External links

• accomplish at OneLook Dictionary Search
• accomplish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• accomplish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911