Antonyms for achievements

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-cheev-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈtʃiv mənt

Definition of achievements

Origin : late 15c., "act of completing" (something), from Middle French achèvement "a finishing," noun of action from Old French achever (see achieve). Meaning "thing achieved" is recorded from 1590s.

noun something completed successfully; goal reached

Example sentences :

In that purpose we have been helped by achievements of mind and spirit.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Your achievements may not have sufficiently swelled the historic page.
Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James

The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our own.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

A long time he had stood in the shadow of Pat's achievements.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

We will follow the achievements of the three groups in separate order.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

In truth, his learnings and achievements are fluid and moving.
Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey

But since then achievements in steam have dwarfed even the great work of Corliss.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

Calhoun had learned of two achievements the same Korvan had made for his world.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

Achievements of the past, though to the rest of us wonderful and sublime, are to you—as you say, 'rot.'
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Still, man has won the admiration of man by his achievements, he said.
Extract from : « The Fifth String » by John Philip Sousa

Synonyms for achievements

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