achieve (verbe)
Sens 1 : to gain or reach
(something), usually by effort, skill, courage, etc. [source : D'après OAL]
Contextes :
- Thus the perception that one can achieve personal goals is likely to
be important to psychological well-being.
- Tewodros had seemingly achieved his dream of unifying all the regions
of Ethiopia under one government as it had been in the' Age of the
Princes.'
- There are only a handful of well established cities where high-end
retail complexes have achieved success.
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Sens 2 : to get (something) done;
accomplish or complete. [source : D'après OAL]
Contextes :
- Namely, to achieve the optimal workload of the processors, the
computational domain is decomposed into subdomains of different size
proportional to the performance of the processors that do the computation
for them.
- Al–Si powder and carbon nanotube were blended and mixed in a ball mill
for 48 h to achieve homogeneous mixing.
- On the other hand, the goal of many of these campaigns is to achieve
broader changes, to affect markets rather than single brands.