adjective · neutral

achievable

/əˈtʃiːvəbl/a·CHIEVE·a·ble

Band 6-7speakingtask2

Capable of being accomplished; realistic to reach with effort.

Examples

“Set realistic, achievable goals for your study plan.”

“With extra tutoring, improving one band in IELTS is achievable.”

“The deadline is tight but achievable if everyone focuses.”

Band 8 sentence

“By breaking the project into smaller tasks, the team made an ambitious objective achievable within the semester.”

Collocations

  • achievable goal
  • realistic and achievable

Word family

achieve verbachievement nounachievable adjective

Common mistakes

This goal is achieve.→This goal is achievable.

We can achievable this target.→We can achieve this target.

Say it for a higher band

5possible→6attainable→7+achievable

Synonyms

attainable

Easily confused

attainable

“With steady effort, those results should be attainable within a year.”

Related words

reliablepossibleaffordablereasonableavailablesuitableresponsibleconsiderable

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