Definition of acomplish
1. accomplish [ v ] put in effect
Examples:
"carry out a task"
"execute the decision of the people"
"He actioned the operation"
(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)
Only Bucky_Harris , the `` boy manager '' of Washington in 1924 , and Eddie_Dyer of the St._Louis Cardinals in 1946 had accomplished the feat .
(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)
There is an ancient and venerable tradition in the church ( which derives , however , from the heritage of the Greeks rather than from the Bible ) that God is completely independent of his creation and so has no need of men for accomplishing his work in the world .
(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)
When they can take ten seconds to accomplish the descent , they will have the strength to chin_up .
(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)
Much of the older experimental work on respiratory infections was accomplished by very artificial procedures .
In this case , then , the military objective was accomplished with an epidemic agent solely through the results secured in the initial attack .
Synonyms accomplish carry_out fulfill carry_through fulfil execute action Related Terms complete effect do dispatch run consummate perfect get_over follow_through accomplishment fulfillment execution2. accomplish [ v ] to gain with effort
Examples: : "she achieved her goal despite setbacks."
(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)
However , readers who accept Freud 's findings and believe that he has solved completely the mystery of dreams , should ponder over the following words in his Interpretation_Of_Dreams , Chapter 1 , : `` as_a_matter_of_fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in_any_case , and what_is_more , every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain , nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams '' .
(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)
Our major problem is what an enemy might accomplish in an initial attack on a target .
(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)
`` Litigants and witnesses were put to the expense and inconvenience of going long distances to transact business ; public money spent ; justice delayed ; nothing accomplished , and the whole distribution of justice in this county seems to be an absolute farce '' .
(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)
There was only one way to accomplish this : by design , by drawing diagrams and sketches in which he probed the remotest corner of his mind for creative ideas to carry his concept .
I cannot accomplish this if you will not help me '' .
Synonyms achieve reach attain accomplish Related Terms succeed reach come_to average wangle score begin compass culminate achiever attainmentSimilar Spelling
accomplishaccomplished
accomplice
accompanist