accomplishment
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for accomplishment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Etymology
- First attested in the early 15th century.
- (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600.
- accomplish + -ment
- Borrowed from French accomplissement, from accomplir
Noun
accomplishment (countable and uncountable, plural accomplishments)
- The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfillment
- the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc
- That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
- My new accomplishment of dancing. (Can we date this quote by Charles Churchill?)
- Accomplishments befitting a station. (Can we date this quote by William Makepeace Thackeray?)
- Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace. (Can we date this quote by William Cowper?)
- Something accomplished; an achievement.
Translations
the act of accomplishing
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that which completes
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achievement
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Further reading
- accomplishment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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