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accomplish
What does accomplish mean?
accomplish (verb): to finish successfully.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use accomplish in a sentence?
How do you pronounce accomplish?
/əˈkɑmplɪʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does accomplish come from?
From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of accomplish?
Words related to accomplish
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “accomplish” mean?
begin to be; turn into
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to inspect; to examine
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to finish successfully
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to occur or take place
Not quite: that's what happen means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “accomplish”?
believe
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fulfill
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include
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provide
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