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Accomplishment Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Accomplishment has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the action of accomplishing something

"Her greatest accomplishment was finally graduating from medical school after years of hard work."

2

an ability that has been acquired by training

"After years of rigorous practice, playing the violin became her greatest accomplishment."

3

The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.

"The sense of finality she felt was a profound accomplishment in itself, marking the true end of her years of struggle."

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Origin

The word "accomplishment" comes from the French verb accomplir, meaning to complete or perfect. It entered English in the early 15th century as a noun formed by adding the suffix -ment to the root.

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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