Used in a Sentence

achievements

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for achievements.

Editorial note

But that article seems to be a strange mismash of odd name-dropping and a list of personal achievements.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of achievements gathered in one view.

noun

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

noun

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

noun

(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for achievements.

noun

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

noun

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

noun

(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.

noun

(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.

Example sentences

1

But that article seems to be a strange mismash of odd name-dropping and a list of personal achievements.

2

But compared to the interesting outlying events the vast majority of student's achievements are not memorable.

3

Ranking was strongly correlated to time spent in the office rather than achievements or output.

4

We currently live in a society of instant gratification which also glorifies short term achievements.

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It's akin to rival schools competing for academic glory - a kind of tribalism that results in achievements which benefit all.

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Since a teacher's capacity to remember is limited, trying to remember all student's achievements or failures was low on my priority list.

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Now can you please show us something that's designed to evoke a response other than cooing in delight of your wonderful technical achievements?

8

Sprite OS and the log-structured file system were his more interesting achievements, anyway.

9

I felt like melling was pointing out something valuable---putting current achievements into perspective with a little history.

10

I've really enjoyed reading your updates on this project, because of your excellent writing as well as your technological achievements.

11

In my experience teaching first year math courses I would only automatically remember individual achievements if they were very surprising.

12

Because at some point we realized that we can only be proud of our own achievements.

Quote examples

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And people still list these as "achievements" on promotion packets (and they get promoted despite the product failing!).

2

That's a different than "this isn't very impressive because I think these achievements should be happening faster."

3

"you will eventually be thrown away as an unhappy and unenthusiastic employee and be given a bad review, no matter what your achievements or sacrifices were." This is a very important point.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use achievements in a sentence?

But that article seems to be a strange mismash of odd name-dropping and a list of personal achievements.

What does achievements mean?

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

What part of speech is achievements?

achievements is commonly used as noun.