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present participle of achieve.

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achieving

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effectual adj.
performing adj.
doing n.
perfection n.

ADJECTIVE

effectual

Synonyms

STRONG

effective efficacious

WEAK

accomplishing adequate binding capable conclusive decisive determinative effecting efficient forcible fulfilling in force lawful legal licit potent powerful practicable productive qualified serviceable sound strong successful telling useful valid virtuous workable

Antonyms

STRONG

incapable unproductive useless

WEAK

impotent ineffectual unsuccessful weak

ADJECTIVE

performing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

operating

STRONG

acting doing effecting fulfilling

WEAK

carrying-out

NOUN

doing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplishment act action deed performance thing

STRONG

accomplishing exploit performing

WEAK

carrying-out execution handiwork implementation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cessation failure idleness inactivity inertia repose rest stoppage

NOUN

perfection

Synonyms

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accomplishment evolution excellence fulfillment ideal integrity precision purity quality superiority supremacy transcendence virtue

STRONG

acme arete completion consummation crown ending entireness exactness excellency exquisiteness faultlessness finish finishing idealism impeccability maturity merit paragon realization ripeness sublimity wholeness

WEAK

perfectness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

failure frustration imperfection inferiority

WEAK

damage deficiency flaw incompleteness uselessness worthlessness

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Germany has a legally binding goal of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Nearly 9.8 million investors sought a piece of the company ahead of its debut, with fewer than one in 5,000 achieving success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

These officials said that price pressures remained broad-based and judged that the Fed should adopt a more restrictive policy stance to meet its commitment to achieving its 2% inflation target.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Judge Huw Rees said it was "inexplicable" why someone would want to drive at such "extreme" speeds, let alone why a car would be capable of achieving those speeds.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Though no fan of the Inka, he conceded that “only a very small number of empires throughout the whole world have succeeded in achieving this feat.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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