Achievement
noun
Something that you accomplished, often through hard work or skill.
Winning the gold medal was a great achievement for the young athlete.
Often appears as...
- impressive achievement
- notable achievement
noun
The process of achieving something.
She concentrated all her efforts on the achievement of her goal.
Often appears as...
- achievement of objective
- achievement of target
noun
In video games, a task or quest that a player can complete for rewards or recognition.
Unlocking all the in-game achievements may take several hours of gameplay.
Often appears as...
- unlock achievement
- earn achievement
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Approving
Technical
noun
Something that you accomplished, often through hard work or skill.
Winning the gold medal was a great achievement for the young athlete.
Often appears as...
- impressive achievement
- notable achievement
noun
The process of achieving something.
She concentrated all her efforts on the achievement of her goal.
Often appears as...
- achievement of objective
- achievement of target
noun
In video games, a task or quest that a player can complete for rewards or recognition.
Unlocking all the in-game achievements may take several hours of gameplay.
Often appears as...
- unlock achievement
- earn achievement
Usage tips
Approving
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Hard-Earned Success
Refers to success gained after putting in significant effort or overcoming challenges.
After studying tirelessly, graduating with honors was her crowning achievement.
Pro Tip 2/3Great Importance
Used to describe something of great value or a milestone in someone's life or career.
The scientist's breakthrough in research was a monumental achievement.
Pro Tip 3/3Pride and Joy
Often accompanied by personal pride or happiness.
His first published novel was an achievement that filled him with joy.
Pro Tip 1/3Hard-Earned Success
Refers to success gained after putting in significant effort or overcoming challenges.
After studying tirelessly, graduating with honors was her crowning achievement.
Pro Tip 2/3Great Importance
Used to describe something of great value or a milestone in someone's life or career.
The scientist's breakthrough in research was a monumental achievement.
Pro Tip 3/3Pride and Joy
Often accompanied by personal pride or happiness.
His first published novel was an achievement that filled him with joy.
Pro Tip 1/3Hard-Earned Success
Refers to success gained after putting in significant effort or overcoming challenges.
After studying tirelessly, graduating with honors was her crowning achievement.
Pro Tip 2/3Great Importance
Used to describe something of great value or a milestone in someone's life or career.
The scientist's breakthrough in research was a monumental achievement.
Pro Tip 3/3Pride and Joy
Often accompanied by personal pride or happiness.
His first published novel was an achievement that filled him with joy.
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A kinder, gentler...
people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses. Now, the opposite of a snob is your mother. Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers.
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Should we be looking for...
to deny the very pioneering spirits that help shape our own species. We are all born curious about the world and the universe. Pursuing that curiosity is one of humankind's greatest achievements. Perhaps there is room to push the frontiers of science, provided that we cradle alongside our fervor
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We must reignite dream...
bring the methodology of dream directing to their classroom because this is why they got into teaching and education in the first place we have schools who are beginning to put passion and purpose in the achievement of big dreams as requirements as the point of graduating
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This Scientist Can Speak...
no problem you know asking them questions in the in the context of a computerised task you can ask them about you know how they perceive the world how they perceive each other I is most extraordinary achievement is her grasp of numbers she can count to nine
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Do schools kill...
They're the people who come out the top. And I used to be one, so there. And I like university professors, but, you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life. Another form of life.
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The complex geometry of...
This period of history was a golden age of Islamic culture, during which many achievements of previous civilizations were preserved and further developed, resulting in fundamental advancements in scientific study and mathematics.
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The sonic boom problem -...
The history of human progress is one of ever-increasing velocity, and one of the most important achievements in this historical race was the breaking of the sound barrier. Not long after the first successful airplane flights,
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Circumcision PIPE National...
the entire community gathers to celebrate his return everyone escorts him home neighbors join the throng his achievement is their achievement by respecting tradition and prevailing
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Adam Garone: Healthier...
And that makes Movember now the biggest funder of prostate cancer research and support programs in the world. And that is an amazing achievement when you think about
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Rosalind Franklin: DNA's...
The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century, in human history, in fact.
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A kinder, gentler...
people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses. Now, the opposite of a snob is your mother. Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers.
Video examples
Should we be looking for...
to deny the very pioneering spirits that help shape our own species. We are all born curious about the world and the universe. Pursuing that curiosity is one of humankind's greatest achievements. Perhaps there is room to push the frontiers of science, provided that we cradle alongside our fervor
Video examples
We must reignite dream...
bring the methodology of dream directing to their classroom because this is why they got into teaching and education in the first place we have schools who are beginning to put passion and purpose in the achievement of big dreams as requirements as the point of graduating
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This Scientist Can Speak...
no problem you know asking them questions in the in the context of a computerised task you can ask them about you know how they perceive the world how they perceive each other I is most extraordinary achievement is her grasp of numbers she can count to nine
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Do schools kill...
They're the people who come out the top. And I used to be one, so there. And I like university professors, but, you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life. Another form of life.
Video examples
The complex geometry of...
This period of history was a golden age of Islamic culture, during which many achievements of previous civilizations were preserved and further developed, resulting in fundamental advancements in scientific study and mathematics.
Video examples
The sonic boom problem -...
The history of human progress is one of ever-increasing velocity, and one of the most important achievements in this historical race was the breaking of the sound barrier. Not long after the first successful airplane flights,
Video examples
Circumcision PIPE National...
the entire community gathers to celebrate his return everyone escorts him home neighbors join the throng his achievement is their achievement by respecting tradition and prevailing
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Adam Garone: Healthier...
And that makes Movember now the biggest funder of prostate cancer research and support programs in the world. And that is an amazing achievement when you think about
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Rosalind Franklin: DNA's...
The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century, in human history, in fact.
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Edward de Bono
English Psychologist
Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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Horace
Roman Poet
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
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Golda Meir
Israeli Leader
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
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Jesse Itzler
American Businessman
I don't look at anything in my life as achievements. I look at them as experiences.
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Toni Kroos
German Athlete
Individual achievements are not important for me, to be honest.
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Bobcat Goldthwait
American Comedian
If you raise a cool adult, that's an achievement.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Don't confuse honours with achievement.
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Tom Landry
American Coach
Achievement builds character.
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Edward de Bono
English Psychologist
Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
Quote examples
Horace
Roman Poet
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
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Golda Meir
Israeli Leader
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
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Jesse Itzler
American Businessman
I don't look at anything in my life as achievements. I look at them as experiences.
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Toni Kroos
German Athlete
Individual achievements are not important for me, to be honest.
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Bobcat Goldthwait
American Comedian
If you raise a cool adult, that's an achievement.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Don't confuse honours with achievement.
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Tom Landry
American Coach
Achievement builds character.
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