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Definition of achieve verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

        

    achieve

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//əˈtʃiv//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they achieve
     
    he / she / it achieves
     
    past simple achieved
     
    -ing form achieving
     
     
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  1. 1[transitive] achieve something to succeed in reaching a particular goal, status, or standard, especially by making an effort for a long time synonym attain He had finally achieved success. They could not achieve their target of less than 3% inflation.
  2. 2[transitive] achieve something to succeed in doing something or causing something to happen synonym accomplish I haven't achieved very much today. All you've achieved is making my parents upset.
  3. 3[intransitive] to be successful Their background gives them little chance of achieving in school.
 achievable
 
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NAmE//əˈtʃivəbl//
 
adjective Profits of $20 million look achievable. achievable goals opposite unachievable AWL Collocationsachieveachieve verbto succeed in reaching a particular goal, status, or standard, especially by making an effort for a long time
  • aim, goal, objective
  • result
Leaders are truly effective in achieving organizational objectives only when they are motivated by a concern for others.
  • fail to
  • attempt to, try to, strive to
  • be able to
  • be difficult to
  • be necessary to
Woodward concludes that economic policy broadly failed to achieve its goals of low unemployment and low inflation. An accurate estimate of their numbers is difficult to achieve.achievement nouna thing that someone has done successfully; the act or process of achieving something
  • academic, educational, scholastic
  • technological
No significant differences in academic achievement were found.
  • impressive, notable, remarkable
This agreement is a remarkable achievement from both a scientific and a social perspective.achievable adjective
  • easily, readily
Web-based simulations can generate insights not readily achievable by other means.
  • goal, objective
Self-esteem arises from reaching out for difficult but achievable goals.See achieve in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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