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Definition of accomplish verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

accomplish

verb
 
/əˈkʌmplɪʃ/
 
/əˈkɑːmplɪʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they accomplish
 
/əˈkʌmplɪʃ/
 
/əˈkɑːmplɪʃ/
he / she / it accomplishes
 
/əˈkʌmplɪʃɪz/
 
/əˈkɑːmplɪʃɪz/
past simple accomplished
 
/əˈkʌmplɪʃt/
 
/əˈkɑːmplɪʃt/
past participle accomplished
 
/əˈkʌmplɪʃt/
 
/əˈkɑːmplɪʃt/
-ing form accomplishing
 
/əˈkʌmplɪʃɪŋ/
 
/əˈkɑːmplɪʃɪŋ/
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  1. accomplish something to succeed in doing or completing something synonym achieve
    • The first part of the plan has been safely accomplished.
    • I don't feel I've accomplished very much today.
    • That's it. Mission accomplished (= we have done what we aimed to do).
    Topics Successb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • successfully
    • easily
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French acompliss-, lengthened stem of acomplir, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + complere ‘to complete’.
See accomplish in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee accomplish in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
sufficiently
adverb
 
 
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