Meaning & use
Achieves
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Successfully brings about or reaches a desired result through effort or skill.
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The team achieves its sales targets nearly every quarter.
This design achieves a good balance between form and function.
A note on using this word
Third-person singular of 'achieve,' from Old French 'achever,' meaning to complete or finish.
Words with a similar meaning
accomplishesattainsreaches
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Words with an opposite meaning
failsmisses
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