underachieve

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.

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to receive or be given something
getI got a new bike for my birthday.
receiveYou will receive your tickets by email.
obtainAfter many years of trying, she finally obtained Brazilian citizenship.
gainYou will improve at the job as you gain experience.
earnEventually, you will earn the dog's trust.
achieveShe achieved top marks in the physics exam.
We've achieved some marvellous results with this new drug.我们已用这种新药取得了极好的疗效。
He has already achieved his main ambition in life - to become wealthy.他已经实现了他人生最大的志向——发财致富。
I've been working all day, but I feel as if I've achieved nothing.我干了整整一天，但觉得好像什么都没有做成。
She was so desperate for success that she'd do anything to achieve it.
We've set ourselves a series of goals to achieve by the end of the month.

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 achieving

achieving

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

However, close monitoring and a quick response seem to be the key factors in achieving success.
For achieving this purpose, the commission stresses the importance of having reliable and comparable information on health interventions.
Significantly, none of the positive outcomes we describe in our case studies came about as part of achieving formulaic, preset, generalized managerial results-based performance targets.
This would again suggest turbulent diffusion times of around 3000 years, which would then be the time required for achieving global homochirality in the ocean.
Economic work is dedicated to achieving the orderly temporal sequence and the separation of economist and model that comprises the structure of the article.
They do not require the construction of elaborate stencils or masks as they have their own methods of achieving precision.
That older people are resilient, adaptable and active agents in achieving a ' good life ' is clearly demonstrated.
This economic strategy aimed at achieving high growth rates, increasing investment, and reducing unemployment in the economy.
Technical and allocative efficiencies are necessary conditions, and when they occur together they are sufficient for achieving economic efficiency25.
The vertebrate eye is complicated enough at the anatomical level : it is an extraordinary mechanism, with the parts well-arranged for achieving sight.
Section 3 discusses the needs for, and advantages of multiple presentations of formal descriptions, utilising multiple media, for achieving this communication of underlying assumptions.
We begin by outlining the basic alterations to models without spatial extent and discuss relevant time scales for achieving homochirality in a spatially extended system.
Thus, federal systems should have greater problems achieving good outcomes compared with more spatially political systems.
The proposed feedback control law is a linear combination of simple control signals each achieving a specified subtask of the dexterous object pinching motion.
It affects the willingness to discuss by shaping one's anticipation of achieving deliberative uptake.
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