accomplish

UK: /əˈkʌmplɪʃ/, /əˈkɒmplɪʃ/ US: /əˈkɑmplɪʃ/ ,(ə kom′plish)

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ac•com•plish /əˈkɑmplɪʃ/   v. [~ + object]

1. to bring to a successful conclusion or end;
   achieve:
   The pilot accomplished his mission.

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ac•com•plish  (ə kom′plish), v.t. 

1. to bring to its goal or conclusion;
   carry out;
   perform;
   finish:
   to accomplish one's mission.
2. to complete (a distance or period of time):
   to have accomplished the age of 70; We accomplished the journey in little more than an hour.
3. [Archaic.] to provide polish to;
   perfect.

• Middle French accompliss-, stem of acomplir, equivalent. to a- ac- + complir Latin complēre to fill; see complete, -ish²
• Middle English, earlier accomplice 1350–1400

ac•com′plish•a•ble, adj. 
ac•com′plish•er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. complete, fulfill; execute, effect. See do ¹.

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accomplish / əˈkɒmplɪʃ əˈkʌm-/ verb (transitive)

1. to manage to do; achieve
2. to conclude successfully; complete

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French acomplir to complete, ultimately from Latin complēre to fill up. See complete