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.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
A game
accomplish
achieve
acquit
actualize
bear
carry
get through
get to/reach first baseidiom
get your own wayidiom
go faridiom
go from strength to strengthidiom
kill
pan
rise
sail through (something)
scale the heightsidiom
scrape through (something)
sew something up
slam dunk

Examples of attaining

attaining

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

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.
Attaining these cognitions will require the mastery of both metaphysics and physics, which entails that only a philosopher can attain this perfection.
In the implosion process, the hydrodynamic instability has a key role in attaining the ignition.
Difficulties with feeding and attaining optimal nutrition for growth are common problems in infancy.
Theories (i) and (ii) do not exhaust the possibilities for attaining a large amplification factor.
This effectively removes the problem of unstable waves attaining unbounded amplitudes as the parallel flow approximation would imply.
These retinas displayed steady and continued improvement throughout the study, attaining 70.1 6 3.0% of control amplitudes at 270 days.
Attaining the right balance between breadth and depth is therefore the challenge of a text like this.
And if attaining to third-order volitions marks an advance in one's stature as a person, then presumably one should aim at forming fourth-order volitions.
This also prevents exotic expression from attaining the rank of true poetry.
Actually, stories of wealthy individuals attaining political office are the concrete reality behind the feast cliche!
Thus, forming and maintaining strong social bonds throughout the lifespan is critical to attaining these fundamental goals.
If they are active on an issue with multiple perspectives that were not in direct opposition, 100 per cent attaining some level of success.
Additionally, these cultural scripts explain the underlying organising principles and the strategies applied for attaining social integration.
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