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# achievement

«achievement» in Mova's school dictionary: **Something good you managed to do by working hard or being…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an achievement, achievements; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Something good you managed to do by working hard or being skilful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/#m1)

2) The act of succeeding or reaching a goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school: achievement awards, certificates and progress (pupil achievement). In stories it marks a success. In maths, achievement levels and scores. Phrases: a great achievement, sense of achievement, achievement award, proud of her achievements.

### examples

- Learning to swim was a big achievement for him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/#x1)
- The school gives an achievement award each term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/#x2)
- Climbing the mountain gave us a sense of achievement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/#x3)
- Her achievements include winning the spelling bee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/#x4)
- Finishing the marathon is an achievement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/#x5)
- Reading fifty books is quite an achievement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/#x6)

### note

Verb: achieve. Spelling: "ie" (achieve, achievement). Countable for each success, uncountable for the general idea (a sense of achievement).

### In the corpora

- [Wise: be proud of real achievements, check the big words, and when views divide sharply, describe instead of shouting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «achievement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achievement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.