Accomplish
[ə'kʌmplɪʃ;ə'kɒm-] or [ə'kɑmplɪʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To complete, as time or distance.
(v. t.) To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
(v. t.) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
(v. t.) To gain; to obtain.
Typist: Phil
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Complete, achieve, effect, execute, perform, do, consummate, compass, carry, carry in to effect, carry through, carry out, get through, bring about, work out, turn out, turn off.[2]. Finish, end, conclude, terminate.[3]. Fulfil, realize, effectuate, bring to pass.[4]. Equip, furnish, supply.
Typist: Ted
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Execute, perfect, perform, fulfil,[See DO], carry_out, attain, realize,consummate, achieve, finish, complete
ANT:Fail_of, frustrate, defeat, disconcert, destroy, baffle, mar, spoil
Typist: Waldo
Definition
v.t. to complete: to bring about: to effect: to fulfil: to equip.—adjs. Accom′plishable that may be accomplished; Accom′plished complete in acquirements especially graceful acquirements: polished.—n. Accom′plishment completion: ornamental acquirement.
Editor: Will
Examples
- I now regarded the time to accomplish anything by pursuit as past and, after Rosecrans reached Jonesboro, I ordered him to return. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And yet some of the brightest intellects of the century have been engaged in devising means to accomplish the result, and all are not yet agreed as to which is the best way. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I do not speak to the feeble, or think of them: I address only such as are worthy of the work, and competent to accomplish it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Men began to doubt whether the new engine could ever be made to accomplish what Watt claimed for it, but although he realized the difficulties the inventor would not allow himself to doubt. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Gurth accordingly hastened his pace, in order to gain the open common to which the lane led, but was not so fortunate as to accomplish his object. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Quite enough to accomplish my wishes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The counterpart of the isolation of mind from activities dealing with objects to accomplish ends is isolation of the subject matter to be learned. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Much relieved when the two hours were at last accomplished, he went away at a quick pace, as a recompense for so much loitering. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Except for his prompt pursuit, so much in this way would not have been accomplished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He started at daylight the next morning, and accomplished more than was expected. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All these desirable results have been accomplished whenever the new inventions of importance have been used. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was accomplished by fastening a charge of gunpowder in such a way that when exploded it would break the partition and mix the solutions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Cardan Ramelli and Leonardo da Vinci, learned Italians, and the accomplished Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In late years automatic regulators have been provided for accomplishing this result. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The outlay by the government in accomplishing this was nothing, or nearly nothing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They had some special object evidently in view, and they seemed to be hesitating or differing about the best means of accomplishing it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Meanwhile the Persian fleet was on his right flank and between him and Greece, threatening much but accomplishing nothing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Neither do we know how much more the co-operation of minds or of hands may be capable of accomplishing, whether in labour or in study. Plato. The Republic.
- When he feels thoroughly impressed with the possibility of accomplishing a certain thing, he will settle down composedly to investigate it to the end. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Jenkins, who, in 1894, devised means for accomplishing it, and was one of the first, if not the first, to successfully project the views on a large screen adapted to public exhibitions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Through this intermittent movement I obtain a longer period of rest for each picture, which accomplishes perfect projection of pictures without flicker. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- How refraction accomplishes these results will be explained in the following Sections. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In one case, as in the other, the meaning, or intellectual content, is what the element accomplishes in the system of which it is a member. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- By this time, he had said, I should have learned to wonder at nothing which John Carter accomplishes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I have, therefore, prepared for my friend Mr. Thomas Traddles, and I now hold in my hand, a document, which accomplishes the desired object. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Any subject matter which accomplishes this result is humane, and any subject matter which does not accomplish it is not even educational. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Their eager interest in sharing the occupations of others, if nothing else, accomplishes this. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Edited by Griffith