to achieve (a) success
1achieve — UK US /əˈtʃiːv/ verb [T] ► to successfully finish or do something you wanted to do, especially after a lot of effort: attempt/strive/seek to achieve sth »Salespersons strived to achieve maximum sales. achieve an objective/goal/target »The… …
2achieve */*/*/ — UK [əˈtʃiːv] / US [əˈtʃɪv] verb Word forms achieve : present tense I/you/we/they achieve he/she/it achieves present participle achieving past tense achieved past participle achieved Metaphor: Something you achieve is like a building, and the… …
3success — n. 1) to achieve, attain (a) success; to enjoy success 2) to score a success 3) to make a success of smt. 4) a brilliant, great, howling, huge, resounding, signal, thorough, total, tremendous, unequivocal, unqualified success 5) a box office,… …
4success — noun 1 good results ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, great, immense, massive ▪ considerable, real, tremendous ▪ conspicuous …
5success — suc|cess W1S1 [səkˈses] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of succedere; SUCCEED] 1.) when you achieve what you want or intend ≠ ↑failure be a big/huge/great etc success ▪ The experiment was a big success. without… …
6success */*/*/ — UK [səkˈses] / US noun Word forms success : singular success plural successes Metaphor: Being successful is like being high up. Failing is like falling or being low down. The biography mainly dealt with his years at the top. ♦ Many people… …
7Success (song) — Infobox Single Name = Success Artist = Dannii Minogue from Album = Love and Kisses B side = Released = Start date|1990|9 (Australia) Start date|1991|5|6 (UK) Format = CD single, Vinyl single, Cassette single Recorded = New York City, United… …
8achieve — verb VERB + ACHIEVE ▪ fail to ▪ The present law has failed to achieve its objectives. ▪ be able to ▪ try to ▪ be designed to ▪ …
9achieve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. accomplish, attain, reach. See completion. Ant., fail. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To succeed in carrying out] Syn. complete, end, terminate, conclude, finish, finish up, finish off, do, perform,… …
10achieve — a|chieve W1S1 [əˈtʃi:v] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: achever, from chief end, head ] 1.) [T] to successfully complete something or get a good result, especially by working hard ▪ Frances achieved very good exam results. ▪ Wilson has… …
