accomplishment

plural accomplishments

1. countableuncountableThe act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.

   the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc

2. countableuncountableThat which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.

   I’ll make a proof how I advance in / My new accomplishment of dancing.

   1763, Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Book III

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   Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace ;

   1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error

3. countableuncountableSomething accomplished; an achievement.

   Increasing sales by 20% in the last quarter was seen as a major accomplishment for the business.

4. countableuncountablegrammarThe lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.

   Thus it is attested that some children have taken an accomplishment verb like disappear, which does not have a causative counterpart, and used it as a causative accomplishment in sentences like He disappeared it, i.e. ‘He made it disappear.’

   1997, Robert van Valin, Randy LaPolla, Syntax, pages 183-84