accomplishments
- 1Plural of accomplishment.
Her academic accomplishments earned her a place at a top university.
The award recognized a lifetime of remarkable accomplishments.
Note
A regular plural that carries two quite different things. Accomplishments can be deeds achieved, as in a list of career milestones, or skills and graces acquired by training, the polish of a well-educated person. Context usually separates them: one achieves accomplishments, but one possesses them. Linguists also use the plural for a class of predicates, such as build a house, that unfold toward a natural end point.
accomplishments is a form of accomplishment
accomplishment, noun: A thing that has been done successfully; an achievement reached through effort. Full entry
- Forms
- accomplishmentaccomplishments plural
- Spelling
- accomplishment → accomplishments: add -s
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