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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·chieve / əˈchēv/ • v. [tr.] reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage: he achieved his ambition to become a journalist | [intr.] people striving to achieve. ∎ accomplish or bring about: the communist system achieved a basic economic modernization. DERIVATIVES: a·chiev·a·ble adj.a·chiev·er n.

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achieve

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

achieve XIV. — (O)F. achever, f. Rom. *capum; see AD-, CHIEF.
Hence, or — (O)F. achèvement, achievement XV.

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achieve

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

achieve •achieve, believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, naive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves •make-believe • shirtsleeve •semibreve • Congreve

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