Accomplish

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈkÉ™m.plɪʃ/
• US IPA: /É™.ˈkÉ’m.plɪʃ/
• Hyphenation: a + ccom + plish

Origin

• First attested in the late 14th century.
• Late Middle English acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, present participle stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Latin ad + complere ("to fill up, to complete").
• See also complete, finish.

Full definition of accomplish

Verb

1. (transitive) To finish successfully.
2. (transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
• That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. - Daniel 9:2
• He had accomplished half a league or more. - William H. Prescott
3. (transitive) To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
• This that is written must yet be accomplished in me - Luke 22:37
4. (transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
• The armorers accomplishing the knights - Shakespeare, Henry V, IV-chorus
• It moon is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. - John Wilkins
• These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. - Charles Cowden Clarke
5. (transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain. - Shakespeare

Synonyms

• do, perform, fulfill, realize, effect, effectuate, complete, consummate, execute, achieve, perfect, equip, furnish, carry out