achievement
[noun]
Synonyms: accomplishment, act, deed, effort, exploit, feat, feather in one's cap, stroke

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Antonyms: failure
Contrasted words: omission, slighting

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

a‧chieve‧ment S3 W2 AC /əˈtʃiːvmənt/ noun
[Word Family: noun: achievement, achiever, underachiever ≠ OVERACHIEVER, underachievement ≠ OVERACHIEVEMENT; verb: achieve, underachieve ≠ OVERACHIEVE; adjective: achievable]

1. [countable] something important that you succeed in doing by your own efforts
achievement of
We try to celebrate the achievements of our students.
His great achievement is to make all the players into a united team.
sb’s achievement in (doing) something
The test measures children’s achievements in reading, spelling, and maths.

2. [uncountable] when you achieve something or when people achieve something:
Roberts is researching the effect of social class on educational achievement.
As we climbed the final few metres, we felt a sense of achievement.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

achievement
noun
I. thing done successfully
ADJ. considerable, extraordinary, fine, great, important, impressive, major, no mean, notable, outstanding, real, remarkable, significant, tremendous This was no mean achievement for the government.
rare | unique | concrete, solid | crowning, main, proudest, supreme | lasting | modest | personal | architectural, artistic, cultural, economic, educational, engineering, literary, scientific, sporting, technical, technological
VERB + ACHIEVEMENT be, constitute, represent This conference in itself constitutes a solid achievement.
PREP. ~ in She was given a prize for her achievements in textile design.
PHRASES quite an achievement To be offered a place at such a good university is quite an achievement.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

achievement
II. act of achieving sth
ADJ. high two years of consistently high achievement
positive | individual, personal | human He believes European civilization was the high point of human achievement.
academic, educational, intellectual Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.
PHRASES a feeling/sense of achievement Climbing the mountain gave him a tremendous sense of achievement.
a lack of achievement, a level/standard of achievement, a record of achievement an impressive record of achievement

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

achievement

a great/fine/impressive achievement (=one that deserves to be admired)
Winning the award was a great achievement.
a remarkable/extraordinary achievement (=one that is unusual or surprising and deserves praise)
In recognition of this remarkable achievement he was awarded the OBE.
a major/important achievement
Writing the book was a major achievement.
an outstanding achievement (=an extremely impressive achievement)
Eisenhower' s outstanding achievement was to avoid war.
a considerable achievement (=one that has a large effect)
These studies represent a considerable achievement.
sb’s crowning/supreme achievement (=the best of several impressive achievements)
Her appointment to the Paris post was the crowning achievement of her life.
something represents an achievement (=something is an achievement)
Few people realised what an enormous achievement Concorde represented.
be no mean achievement (=be difficult to achieve and therfore worth admiring)
He got the top mark in the country which is no mean achievement.
be quite an achievement (=be an impressive achievement)
Working and bringing up kids on your own is quite an achievement.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲