From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishachievementa‧chieve‧ment /əˈtʃiːvmənt/●くろまる●くろまる●くろまるS3W2AWL noun1[countable]DO something important that you succeed in doing by your own effortsachievement ofWe try to celebrate the achievements of our students.His great achievement is to make all the players into a united team.somebody’s achievement in (doing) somethingThe test measures children’s achievements in reading, spelling, and maths.2[uncountable]PROUD when you achieve something or when people achieve somethingRoberts is researching the effect of social class on educational achievement.As we climbed the final few metres, we felt a sense of achievement.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa great/fine/impressive achievement (=one that deserves to be admired)Winning the award was a great achievement.a remarkable/extraordinary achievement (=one that is unusual or surprising and deserves praise)In recognition of this remarkable achievement he was awarded the OBE.a major/important achievementWriting the book was a major achievement.an outstanding achievement (=an extremely impressive achievement)Eisenhower' s outstanding achievement was to avoid war.a considerable achievement (=one that has a large effect)These studies represent a considerable achievement.somebody’s crowning/supreme achievement (=the best of several impressive achievements)Her appointment to the Paris post was the crowning achievement of her life.verbssomething represents an achievement (=something is an achievement)Few people realised what an enormous achievement Concorde represented.phrasesbe no mean achievement (=be difficult to achieve and therefore worth admiring)He got the top mark in the country which is no mean achievement.be quite an achievement (=be an impressive achievement)Working and bringing up kids on your own is quite an achievement.Examples from the Corpusachievement• We need to raise the level of academicachievement in public schools.• Five past pupils had this year obtainedfirst-classHonoursdegrees, an achievementperformed only once before, in 1950.• Excessive need to inflate the importance and achievements of oneself, males in general, or both.• Todd always downplayed his athleticachievements.• They read about his achievements in the press, and were filled with pride.• I'm very proud of my achievements as programdirector.• Implieddismissal of past achievementscreates a lack of confidence.• Rose Briant added to her previousachievements by producing the show.• Winning three goldmedals is a remarkableachievement.• Oswald's achievement was certainly magnified.• This was some achievement, since my office was on the fifthfloor of the World Bank's headquarters.• The purpose: to present an awardrecognizing special achievement in the fight against a learning disability known as dyslexia.• He didn't realize until much later what a spectacularachievement his father made in getting his commission as an officer.somebody’s achievement in (doing) something• But it is important to put the achievement in a suitably modestcontext.• FitnessMate is designed to keep track of several athletesparticipating in many sports, tracking their achievements in each.• Inevitably there are aspects of performance and achievements in which targets will be difficult to define.• Now they own an internationaldistribution company and have reached the highest levels of achievement in our business.• On any reckoning James of St George's achievement in the field of medievalmilitaryarchitecture was outstanding.• That was an extraordinarily fine achievement in such a short space of time.• There can be no doubt that it is a growth area, which has had distinct achievements in many countries.sense of achievement• A list was drawn up of events that had, prior to depression, given her a sense of achievement and pleasure.• The alleys were steep and there were steps at intervals but there was a sense of achievement in reaching the top.• She paused just inside her showroom, looking round with a sense of achievement.• A sense of Achievement can be a really effectiveturn-on.• The pain, agony and exhaustion were replaced by an enormoussense of achievement and relief as they crossed the finishing line.• Just for a moment my glorioussense of achievementfaded into apprehension.• Meeting these attainable short-termgoals and progressively crossing them off the list can provide an important sense of achievement and reinforcement.• Join in the sense of achievement as Maiden crosses the finish line off Southampton.• Teaching gave me a wonderfulsense of achievement.