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ACCOMPLISHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Successfully completed or brought to an end
Example:
the joy of a realized ambition overcame him
Synonyms:
accomplished; completed; realised; realized
Classified under:
Similar:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Settled securely and unconditionally
Example:
that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact
Synonyms:
accomplished; effected; established
Classified under:
Similar:
settled (established or decided beyond dispute or doubt)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Highly skilled
Example:
a complete musician
Synonyms:
accomplished; complete
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb accomplish
Context examples:
They accomplished this by taking advantage of 'optogenetics', an approach relying on proteins that change their activity on demand with light.
(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Then all who heard this rejoiced, and the lord of the castle said he would adopt him as a son if he accomplished it successfully.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
They worked harshly in their sockets, with much friction, and each bending or unbending was accomplished only through a sheer exertion of will.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
A derrick-boom, rigged to the foremast, had accomplished this; and several days more found all stays and shrouds in place, and everything set up taut.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The pain management criterion would be satisfied/accomplished with any one of these activities and would be associated to each of the three via a different DefinedCriterionGroupOptionRelationship.
(Defined Criterion Group Option Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
She was good enough for Mr. Elton, no doubt; accomplished enough for Highbury—handsome enough—to look plain, probably, by Harriet's side.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
St. John is an accomplished and profound scholar.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Consequently, an overall reduction in chronic inflammation and autoimmune reactions is accomplished.
(Medrysone, NCI Thesaurus)
The transport of long chain fatty acids into mitochondria for oxidation is accomplished by the carnitine palmitoyltransferase system (CPTI and CPTII).
(Mitochondrial Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
