# accomplish

Pronunciation: US say "uh-KAHM-plish" /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/; say "uh-KUM-plish" UK /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/, AUS /əˈkɐm.plɪʃ/

## Verb

1. To finish a task or undertaking successfully.
   - Simple: To finish a task successfully and reach the goal you set.
   - _The team accomplished its quarterly targets ahead of schedule._
   - _They worked overtime to accomplish what the client demanded._
2. To carry out fully and bring to complete fulfillment.
   - Simple: To carry something out fully until it is completely done.
   - _The committee accomplished every item on its agenda._
   - _Skilled negotiators accomplish difficult deals through patience._
3. To complete a span of time or a distance traveled.
   - Simple: To finish a stretch of time or a distance you are traveling.
   - _The expedition accomplished three hundred miles before the first snowfall._
   - _Caravans accomplish the desert route only with careful planning._
4. To fill out a form completely, supplying the required information. *(Philippines)*
   - Simple: To fill in all the needed information on a form.
   - _Applicants must accomplish the registration form in black ink._
   - _He accomplished all three documents before the deadline._

## Verb

5. To equip a person thoroughly with skills and refinement, rendering them polished and well-trained. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To give a person fine skills and polished manners.
   - _The academy sought to accomplish its pupils in every elegant art._
   - _Travel and study had accomplished him in the manners of three courts._
6. To gain or obtain something for oneself. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To get or win something for yourself.
   - _The merchant sought to accomplish lands and titles through his marriage._
   - _Through long service she accomplished the favor of the queen._

## Origin

This word came into Middle English (accomplisshen) from Old French acomplir (Modern French accomplir), which derives from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre and ultimately from Latin complēre ('fill up, complete', the source of English 'complete'). It was first attested in the late 14th century.

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