noun
1 thing done successfully
ADJECTIVE
▪ amazing , considerable ( esp. BrE ), extraordinary , fine , great , important , impressive , major , monumental , no mean ( esp. BrE ), notable , outstanding , real , remarkable , significant , tremendous
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It's a monumental ~ for such a young athlete.
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This was no mean ~ for the government.
▪ rare
▪ unique
▪ positive
▪ crowning , main , supreme
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He regarded that victory as the crowning ~ of his career.
▪ lasting
▪ personal
▪ math , mathematics , reading (all AmE )
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low reading ~ in children
▪ artistic , athletic ( esp. AmE ), cultural , economic , educational , engineering , literary , scientific , sporting ( esp. BrE ), technical , technological
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Rutherford was knighted in recognition of his scientific ~s.
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The Olympics are all about celebrating sporting ~s.
VERB + ACHIEVEMENT
▪ be , constitute , represent
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This conference in itself represents a solid ~.
▪ celebrate , honour/honor , recognize
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This award honours/honors the ~s of American women in medicine.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
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She was given a prize for her ~s in textile design.
PHRASES
▪ quite an ~
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To be offered this job is quite an ~.
2 act of achieving sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ high
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two years of consistently high ~
▪ individual , personal
▪ human
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The moon landing of 1969 was seen as a high point of human ~.
▪ academic , educational , intellectual
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Winners are selected on the basis of high academic ~.
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Success should not be measured solely by educational ~.
… OF ACHIEVEMENT
▪ level , standard
VERB + ACHIEVEMENT
▪ measure
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standards by which to measure human ~
ACHIEVEMENT + NOUN
▪ gap
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the ~ gap between white and minority schoolchildren
▪ award
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He won a lifetime ~ award for cinematography.
▪ test ( esp. AmE )
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amazing ~ test scores
PHRASES
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~
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Climbing the mountain gave him a tremendous sense of ~.
▪ a lack of ~
▪ a record of ~
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an impressive record of ~