accomplishment
/əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.69 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc"
- "I’ll make a proof how I advance in / My new accomplishment of dancing."
- "Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace ;"
- "Increasing sales by 20% in the last quarter was seen as a major accomplishment for the business."
- "Thus it is attested that some children have taken an accomplishment verb like disappear, which does not have a causative counterpart, and used it as a causative accomplishment in sentences like He disappeared it, i.e. ‘He made it disappear.’"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: accomplissement
- Suffix: accomplish
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/
- British English: /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ.mənt/