verb · neutral
achieve
UK/əˈtʃiːv/US/əˈtʃiv/a·CHIEVE
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to successfully reach a goal or result after effort
Examples
“After three years of hard work she finally achieved her goal of publishing a paper.”
“The city achieved a significant reduction in air pollution after the new measures were introduced.”
“Schools need clear criteria so students know what they must do to achieve higher grades.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the initial targets seemed overly ambitious, the programme ultimately achieved measurable improvements in both attendance and attainment.”
Collocations
- achieve + goals/objectives/results
- achieve success
- achieve a balance
Word family
achievement nounachievable adjectiveachiever noun
Common mistakes
make a success→achieve success
reach the success→achieve success
Say it for a higher band
5get→6reach→7+achieve
Synonyms
reach
attain
Easily confused
get
“She got a scholarship to study abroad.”
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