Collocations for "achieve"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "achieve" in context.
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achieve
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- achieve [fame, fortune, glory, orgasm]
- achieve the [highest, best, lowest]
- (can) achieve your [goals, dreams, desires, true potential]
- achieve your [personal, financial, weight, career] goals
- achieve the [minimum, maximum]
- achieve a better [result, outcome]
- achieve [greater, higher, maximum][efficiency]
- achieve [greater] [efficiency, effectiveness, performance, quality]
- achieve [perfection, success, excellence]
- striving to achieve [success, her goals]
- achieve by any means [necessary, possible]
- (can be) achieved through [hard work, dedication]
- the [mission, objective, goal] has been achieved
- [never, already] achieved before
- [hard, difficult, tough, impossible, easy] to achieve
- students [do not, are struggling to, barely] achieve in school
- what (do) you want to achieve in life
- what it is that you [really, most] want to achieve
- what you hope to achieve (by)
- there is [nothing, little] to be achieved by
'achieve' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aim
- balance
- blackmail
- clarity
- combination
- compliance
- cost
- desirable
- discipline
- economy
- efficiency
- empowerment
- enable
- enlightenment
- equality
- greatness
- hope
- imagine
- jump
- network
- overcome
- pool
- potential
- put
- rivalry
- service
- stated
- stretch
- strive
- struggle
- sufficient
- work
- worldwide