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noun 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. 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
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achievement
adjectives
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.
verbs
something represents an achievement
(= something is an achievement )
• Few people realised what an enormous achievement Concorde represented.
phrases
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.
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