realize(ACHIEVE)

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to achieve something
achieveAfter years of rejection, she finally achieved success on the big screen.
fulfilI fulfilled my dreams of becoming a marine biologist.
realizeUKThere was nothing to prevent her from realising her ambitions.
come trueI worked so hard to be a doctor, and now my dream has come true.
accomplishThese goals will be extremely hard to accomplish.
attainAfter years of struggle, the nation attained independence.

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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
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attain | American Dictionary

attain
verb[ T ]
us/əˈteɪn/
to achieve something difficult to do or obtain:
You need financial security in order to attain emotional well-being.

attainable

adjectiveus/əˈteɪ·nə·bəl/
You need to set goals that are clear and attainable.

attainment

noun[ C/U ]us/əˈteɪn·mənt/
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[ U ]Abiola pledged his life to the attainment of justice.

Examples of attain

attain
Obviously, by competing in parliamentary elections, parties compete for office, but this does not mean that their goal is actually to attain office.
By the end of the century, however, a few women had managed to break the ranks of male professionalism and attain medical degrees.
It emphasizes the success its students have attained.
However, rashly formed expectations of the results of actions are harmful for attaining the ultimate goal.
We can say, tentatively, that a philosophy of life is a theory of the good conjoined with practical recommendations for attaining the good.
An interesting question is how the inclusion of corruption affects the per capita income levels at which pollution levels attain their maximum.
The amplitude of oscillations attains a maximum and then decreases.
This can be attained only by performing the experiments under closely controlled circumstances which are difficult to obtain, as was soon discovered.
To attain efficiencies of over 10% obviously requires elimination of the electron beam losses in the vacuum diode.
The highest radiation efficiencies and energies are attained in chain lasers pumped by chain reactions.
She attained power, but almost always through the elimination or feminisation of the men that surrounded her.
While there are labour unions that have attained some successes, farmers, artisans, petty traders and female workers have not organised effectively to demand economic opportunities.
As long as objectives are attained, it does not matter how that is done; formal rules are only guidelines - except professional ethics.
Over the remainder of the period, the producer begins adjusting employment to meet this optimal level, which may take one or more periods to attain.
However, it was unlikely that without other allies, labor alone could have attained the truck prohibition.
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