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achievement

/əˈtʃiːvmənt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment
  2. A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness
  3. An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
  4. An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
  5. (grammar) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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