Accomplished
[ə'kʌmplɪʃt;ə'kɒm-] or [ə'kɑmplɪʃt]
Definition
(adj.) successfully completed or brought to an end; 'his mission accomplished he took a vacation'; 'the completed project'; 'the joy of a realized ambition overcame him' .
(adj.) settled securely and unconditionally; 'that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact' .
(adj.) highly skilled; 'an accomplished pianist'; 'a complete musician' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Accomplish
(a.) Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.
(a.) Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain.
Checker: Percy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Instructed, educated, practised, experienced, finished, consummate, ripe, thorough-bred, versed, qualified, proficient, able, clever, apt, adroit, expert, talented, skilful.[2]. Polished, refined, polite, elegant, fashionable, fine.
Editor: Stacy
Examples
- 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.
- This is accomplished through the utilization of the phenomena of electromagnetism. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She had already, alone as she was, accomplished some of these, and the work on which I found her employed, was her mother's shroud. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was accomplished by means of powerful hydraulic presses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He said that if it could be accomplished, he could sell it to the Government for a large sum of money. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was not satisfied with returning to his former position without seeing for himself whether anything could be accomplished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The object of the expedition was accomplished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The exchange of dress was now accomplished, when a sudden doubt struck Cedric. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She sighed to think what her mother's fierce energies would have accomplished, had they been coupled with Mrs. Peniston's resources. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Every thing was accomplished with speed under my directions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In January of 1884, Wroblewski confirmed the liquefaction of hydrogen, which had been imperfectly accomplished by Cailletet before. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The diversion accomplished the purpose. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This is accomplished by the use of a commutator. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Besides, it's not as if I was an accomplished girl who had any right to give herself airs, said Caddy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Having accomplished the object of his expedition, General Smith returned to Memphis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At the dead of night Madame Fosco, Madame Rubelle, and myself (Percival not being cool enough to be trusted) accomplished the concealment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The lady was good and lovely and accomplished, but he did not like her, and never saw his son after he married. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Thus the Bosom; accomplished in the art of seeming to make things of small account, and really enhancing them in the process. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The next operation then is to disengage the shrouded image, and this is accomplished by a solvent. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It was only after all this preliminary sanitation was accomplished that the real work of digging the canal could go forward with any hope of success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- No one capable of making the improvements in the telegraph and telephone, for which we are indebted to Mr. Edison, could be other than an accomplished electrician. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- St. John is an accomplished and profound scholar. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- No one knew exactly how the miracle was accomplished. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Naturally enough, Mr. Davis wanted to escape, and would not reflect much how this should be accomplished provided it might be done successfully. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Stacy