accomplishment

Etymology

* First attested in the early 15th century. * (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600. * accomplish + -ment * Borrowed from French accomplissement, from accomplir

noun

1. The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
   the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc
2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
   I’ll make a proof how I advance in / My new accomplishment of dancing. 1763, Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Book III
   Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error
3. Something accomplished; an achievement.
   Increasing sales by 20% in the last quarter was seen as a major accomplishment for the business.
4. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
   Thus it is attested that some children have taken an accomplishment verb like disappear, which does not have a causative counterpart, and used it as a causative accomplishment in sentences like He disappeared it, i.e. ‘He made it disappear.’ 1997, Robert van Valin, Randy LaPolla, Syntax, pages 183-84