Associations to the word «Achieve»

Wiktionary

ACHIEVE, verb. (intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. [from 14th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully. [14th-18th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To conclude, to turn out. [14th-16th c.]
ACHIEVE, verb. (transitive) (now literary) To obtain (a material thing). [from 15th c.]

Dictionary definition

ACHIEVE, verb. To gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn