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▪ I. achieving, vbl. n.|əˈtʃiːvɪŋ| Also achevyng, achiving, atchieving. [f. achieve + -ing1.] A completing, accomplishing or successful performing. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1539Tauerner Prouerbes (1552) 25 One daye or lytel tyme is not ynoughe for the acheuynge of a greate matter. 1625Bacon Ess. xxxix. (1862) 162 For the Atchieving of a desperate Conspiracie, a Man should not rest upon the Fiercenesse of any mans Nature. ▪ II. achieving, ppl. a.|əˈtʃiːvɪŋ| [f. achieve v. + -ing2.] 1. As the second element in Combs., either objective (e.g. fame-achieving, deed-achieving; now rare) or (esp. in Educ.) with adjs. or advbs. denoting a level of achievement (e.g. over-achieving): see the first element. 2. That achieves, in various senses of the verb; applied esp. to people who (work to) attain their goals (cf. achiever n. b).
1905J. C. Hedley Wisdom from Above (1934) xiv. 174 The world—the great universe of intelligent man—the kingdoms, the races, the generations, of thinking, seeking, aspiring, and achieving humanity. 1952H. H. Morgan in Jrnl. Consulting Psychol. XVI. 291/1 This paper considers..personality traits..and motives of achieving and nonachieving college students of high ability. 1958F. L. Strodtbeck in D. C. McClelland et al. Talent & Society iv. 142 In the nineteenth century there was a slightly different image of the achieving man. 1961D. C. McClelland (title) The achieving society. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 July 3/1 The achieving female of a hundred years ago has presented problems as a model for her achieving feminist successors of our times. 1993Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Mar. 49/4 (Advt.), We are a happy achieving School where children and adults are valued and their personal growth celebrated. |