ACCOMPLISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accomplish mean? 

• ACCOMPLISH (verb)
  The verb ACCOMPLISH has 2 senses:

1. put in effect

2. to gain with effort

  Familiarity information: ACCOMPLISH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCOMPLISH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they accomplish    ... he / she / it accomplishes   
Past simple: accomplished   
Past participle: accomplished   
-ing form: accomplishing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put in effect

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill

Context example:

He actioned the operation

Hypernyms (to "accomplish" is one way to...):

effect; effectuate; set up (produce)

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

Verb group:

carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through with; implement; put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accomplish"):

get over (to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end)

run (carry out)

consummate (make perfect; bring to perfection)

consummate (fulfill sexually)

do; perform (get (something) done)

complete; discharge; dispatch (complete or carry out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

accomplishable (capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do)

accomplishment (the action of accomplishing something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To gain with effort

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

accomplish; achieve; attain; reach

Context example:

she achieved her goal despite setbacks

Hypernyms (to "accomplish" is one way to...):

bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accomplish"):

score (get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance)

get to; make; progress to; reach (reach a goal)

begin (achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative)

come to; strike (attain)

culminate (reach the highest or most decisive point)

compass (bring about; accomplish)

average (achieve or reach on average)

finagle; manage; wangle (achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

accomplishment (the action of accomplishing something)

 Context examples 

And terrible they were, for every foot of them was accomplished at the risk of life to dog and man.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I presume that the sanguine temperament itself and the disturbing influence end in a mentally-accomplished finish; a possibly dangerous man, probably dangerous if unselfish.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Among the votaries of TERPSICHORE, who disported themselves until Sol gave warning for departure, Wilkins Micawber, Esquire, Junior, and the lovely and accomplished Miss Helena, fourth daughter of Doctor Mell, were particularly remarkable.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

An activity intended to do or accomplish something.

(Attempt, NCI Thesaurus)

The removal of the serine side chain is accomplished by transferring the carbon to tetrahydrofolate, a carrier of one-carbon groups.

(Biosynthesis of Glycine and Serine Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

At the synapse, removal of neurotransmitter or peptide signaling molecules is accomplished by either reuptake or degradation.

(Attenuation of GPCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This is accomplished via an antibody directed to the target by the antigen-binding arms and anchored to the killer cell via an Fc receptor.

(ADCC Assay, NCI Thesaurus)

But as I was without experience, and as every detail was an experiment and every successful detail an invention, the day was well gone before her shelter was an accomplished fact.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.

(Computer Application, NCI Thesaurus)

Sooner or later he would accomplish his purpose, get the grip that would win the battle.

(White Fang, by Jack London)