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present participle of achieve.

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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

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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

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damage deficiency flaw incompleteness uselessness worthlessness

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achieving

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

“Honoring commitments that have already been made to the entertainment industry is an essential step in achieving that goal.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Then-CEO Hassabis founded the company in 2010 with the goal of achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI — an AI system that matches or surpasses human capabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Losing weight can reduce some of these risks, but achieving substantial weight loss through diet and exercise alone can be difficult.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Perhaps only the basic idea is known: someone has succeeded, somehow, in achieving a certain final result.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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