Definition of "achieve" in Englisch

verb

1. (intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.

2. (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.

   • achieve goals
   • achieve objectives
   • You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.
   • Hannah achieved her lifelong dream of winning a medal at the Olympics.

3. (obsolete, transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully.

4. (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.

5. (obsolete, intransitive) To conclude, to turn out.

6. (transitive, now literary) To obtain (a material thing).