achieve

Meaning

1. To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
2. To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
3. (obsolete) To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
4. To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
5. (obsolete) To conclude, to turn out.
6. To obtain (a material thing).

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈt͡ʃiːv/

Etymology

From Middle English achieven, acheven, from Anglo-Norman achever, Old French achever, achiever et al., apparently from Late Latin *accappāre, present active infinitive of *accappō, from ad (“to”) + caput (“head”) + -ō (verbal suffix), or alternatively a construction based on Old French chief (“head”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese and Spanish acabar, French achever.