Accomplishment

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /É™.ˈkÉ’m.plɪʃ.mÉ™nt/

Origin

• First attested in the early 15th century.
• (completes, perfects, equips) First attested around 1600.
• accomplish + -ment
• From Old French accomplissement, from accomplir

Full definition of accomplishment

Noun

1. The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.
2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
• My new accomplishment of dancing. - Charles Churchill (satirist)
• Accomplishments befitting a station. - William Makepeace Thackeray
• Accomplishments have taken virtue's place,
  And wisdom falls before exterior grace. - William Cowper
3. Something accomplished; an achievement.