0 past simple and past participle of achieve
1 to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort:
We've achieved some marvellous results with this new drug.
He has already achieved his main ambition in life - to become wealthy.
I've been working all day, but I feel as if I've achieved nothing.
She was so desperate for success that she'd do anything to achieve it.
We've set ourselves a series of goals to achieve by the end of the month.
Moreover, common expressions are open to multiple philosophical interpretations precisely because common expressions lack the precision aimed for (though not always achieved) by philosophical discourse.
If hemodynamic stability can be achieved, sinus rhythm returns in the vast majority of patients spontaneously within a few days after surgery.
In the two different regions, however, there does appear to be a significant difference in the balance achieved between these two opposing pulls.
