achievement

Meaning

Noun

• The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment
• A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness
• An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
• An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
• The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.

Related

Similar words

• accomplishment

Origin

• From Middle French achevement (compare Modern French achèvement), from Old French achevement, from the verb achever, achiever; equivalent to achieve + -ment. The heraldic sense may be influenced by hatchment.