accomplish

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ UK /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like accomplice /s/ vs /ʃ/

Freq #6742

Meanings

1

verb
To succeed in doing or completing something.

I accomplished all my tasks for the day.
2

verb
To gain or reach something through effort.

With a lot of help, she accomplished a year of sobriety.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to succeed in doing or... achieve fulfill complete

2 verb · to gain or reach something... reach

More consummate do effect effectuate equip execute furnish perfect perform

Word family

Forms accomplishdaccomplishedaccomplishesaccomplishing

Derived forms accomplishableaccomplisheraccomplishmentreaccomplish

Related forms complete comply

Etymology

From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete). First attested in the late 14th century.

*pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European accomplisshen Middle English compleo Latin

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Topics

Actions & Processes

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# accomplish

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 6742

## Meanings
1. To succeed in doing or completing something.
2. To gain or reach something through effort.

## Examples
- I accomplished all my tasks for the day.
- With a lot of help, she accomplished a year of sobriety.

## Synonyms
- achieve
- complete
- consummate
- do
- effect
- effectuate
- equip
- execute
- fulfill
- furnish
- perfect
- perform

## Derived Forms
- accomplishable
- accomplisher
- accomplishment
- reaccomplish

## Related Forms
- complete
- comply

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pleh₁-
- Root: accomplisshen
- Root: compleo

## Etymology
From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete). First attested in the late 14th century.

## AI Etymology
Accomplish comes from Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete). First attested in the late 14th century. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- and Latin compleo.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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