achieve

Etymology

From Middle English achieven, acheven, from Anglo-Norman achever, Old French achever, achiever et al., apparently from Late Latin *accappāre, present active infinitive of *accappō, from ad (“to”) + caput (“head”) + -ō (verbal suffix), or alternatively a construction based on Old French chief (“head”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese and Spanish acabar, French achever.

verb

1. (intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
2. (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
   You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.
   Hannah achieved her lifelong dream of winning a medal at the Olympics.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
4. (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
   Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962. January 22, 2013, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To conclude, to turn out.
6. (transitive, now literary) To obtain (a material thing).
   1700, Matthew Prior, Carmen Seculare. for the Year 1700
   Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.