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/ətʃˈivmənt/ Listen

noun

Achievement n.

The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat. "(The exploits) of the ancient saints... do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes." "The highest achievements of the human intellect."

(Her.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.

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... live for ever, but he survived the completion of his temple fourteen years. His death was followed by the revolt of Northern Syria, and the first achievement of his son and successor, Amenophis II., was its suppression. Ni and Ugarit, the centres of disaffection, were captured and punished, and among the prisoners from Ugarit were 640 "Canaanite" merchants with their slaves. The name of Canaanite had thus already acquired that secondary ...

— Patriarchal Palestine • Archibald Henry Sayce

... wealth without equalization of power seems to me a rather small and unstable achievement. But equalization of power is not a thing that can be achieved in a day. It requires a considerable level of moral, intellectual, and technical education. It requires a long period without extreme crises, in order that ...

— The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism • Bertrand Russell

... actuated by two motives—the love of adventure and the desire of gain. There is no doubt that the second consideration by far outweighed the first. A man of the period left Spain or Portugal for the New World for one cogent reason only, to seek his fortune. If he won fame in the achievement of this, so much the better. Indeed, as a matter of fact, it was generally impossible to achieve the one without the other, although this fame might frequently have its shield sullied and blackened by a number of wild and terrible acts; for circumstances tended to make the conquistador ...

— South America • W. H. Koebel

... the existence of different dialects in the ancient texts was pointed out by Spiegel, and although the metrical portions of the Yasna had been clearly marked by Westergaard, it is nevertheless Haug's great achievement to have extracted these early relics, to have collected them, and to have attempted a complete translation of them, as far as such an attempt could be carried out at the present moment. His edition of the Gathas—for ...

— Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I - Essays on the Science of Religion • Friedrich Max Mueller

... on this mood of remoteness with which she was familiar from experience. The old man had determined to go forth and seize, and deliver to the custody of the law, the person of Dan Hodges. At the best, he would surprise the outlaw, and the achievement would be simple enough; at the worst, there would be a duel. Uncle Dick had no fear over the outcome. He believed himself quicker and surer with the rifle than this scoundrel of half his years. At grips, of course he would have no chance. But the affair would not come ...

— Heart of the Blue Ridge • Waldron Baily

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