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 FrequencyNot availableCurriculum 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.”
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Poetry examples for “achieve”
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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