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achieve
/əˈtʃiːv/a·CHIEVE
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to successfully reach a desired objective or result
Examples
“The students achieved high marks after several months of revision.”
“Our aim is to achieve sustainable growth over the next decade.”
“She achieved her goal of publishing a paper in an international journal.”
Band 8 sentence
“He achieved a remarkable improvement in his IELTS score after six months of deliberate practice.”
Collocations
- achieve a goal/target/result
- achieve success
- achieve a balance
Word family
achieve vachievement nachievable adjachiever n
Common mistakes
I achieve my homework yesterday.→I did my homework yesterday.
He is achieving a PhD next year.→He will achieve/obtain a PhD next year.
Say it for a higher band
5get→6reach→7+achieve
Synonyms
attain
accomplish
Easily confused
attain
“After years of training she finally attained a high level of proficiency.”
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