Read full poem →Said one: "Before the turn of tide
We will achieve the eyrie-seat."
Said one: "To-morrow shall be like
Dictionary Entry
achieve
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/əˈtʃiːv/Word FrequencyCommon (5.56)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
In a Sentence
“The essay uses achieve to make the point more precise.”
Published Usage Examples
“I think public opinion has already hardened, and about the only thing he can realistically hope to achieve is to stop the bleeding in his poll numbers.”
“All Clinton can hope to achieve is to make certain that Obama does not win against McCain. chris”
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Origin
From Old French 'achever', meaning 'to bring to a head, finish'.
Common Phrases
. achieve
Related Words
Poetry examples for “achieve”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird, – the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!
Read full poem →Do their lives, cities, arts, rest only with us?
Did they achieve nothing for good, for themselves?
I believe of all those billions of men and women that fill’d the unnamed lands, every
