{
    "term": "achieve",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "achieve",
            "heSheIt": "achieves"
        },
        "pastSimple": "achieved",
        "pastParticiple": "achieved",
        "ingForm": "achieving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to succeed in reaching a particular goal, status or standard, especially by making an effort for a long time",
            "sensetop": "achieve somethingachieve something through (doing) something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had finally **achieved success**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have both **achieved **great **results**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has worked hard to **achieve her goal**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **achieve an objective/aim**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They could not achieve their target of less than 3% inflation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The firm has achieved the status of undisputed market leader."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Course objectives were achieved through a range of activities.",
                    "contextForm": "achieve something through (doing) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I achieved a longstanding ambition to fly solo."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sooner or later our shared efforts will achieve results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The present law has failed to achieve its objectives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "how to achieve a balance between work and family life"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "attain",
            "topics": ["Success", "Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + achieve": ["fail to", "be able to", "try to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to succeed in doing something or causing something to happen",
            "sensetop": "achieve something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I haven't achieved very much today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All you've achieved is to upset my parents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By the end of the afternoon we had achieved very little."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They haven't achieved much yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I knew that the demonstration would achieve nothing."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + achieve": ["fail to", "be able to", "try to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be successful",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their difficult home life makes it harder for them to achieve at school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These students need to achieve academically in order to enter the labour market."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtʃiːv/",
                "audio": "ac/achieve/achieve__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtʃiːvz/",
                "audio": "ac/achieve/achieves__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtʃiːvd/",
                "audio": "ac/achieve/achieved__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtʃiːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ac/achieve/achieving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtʃiːv/",
                "audio": "ac/achieve/achieve__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtʃiːvz/",
                "audio": "ac/achieve/achieves__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtʃiːvd/",
                "audio": "ac/achieve/achieved__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtʃiːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ac/achieve/achieving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French achever ‘come or bring to a head’, from a chief ‘to a head’."
}