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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. highly skilled;
- Example: "an accomplished pianist"
- Example: "a complete musician"
[syn: accomplished, complete]

2. successfully completed or brought to an end;
- Example: "his mission accomplished he took a vacation"
- Example: "the completed project"
- Example: "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him"
[syn: accomplished, completed, realized, realised]

3. settled securely and unconditionally;
- Example: "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact"
[syn: accomplished, effected, established]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accomplish \Ac*com"plish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accomplished, p. pr. & vb. n. Accomplishing.] [OE. acomplissen, OF. accomplir, F. accomplir; L. ad + complere to fill up, complete. See Complete, Finish.] 1. To complete, as time or distance. [1913 Webster] That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. --Dan. ix. 2. [1913 Webster] He had accomplished half a league or more. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise. [1913 Webster] This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. --Luke xxii. 37. [1913 Webster] 3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish. [1913 Webster] The armorers accomplishing the knights. --Shak. [1913 Webster] It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. --Wilkins. [1913 Webster] These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. --Cowden Clarke. [1913 Webster] 4. To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To do; perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate; complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip; furnish. Usage: To Accomplish, Effect, Execute, Achieve, Perform. These words agree in the general idea of carrying out to some end proposed. To accomplish (to fill up to the measure of the intention) generally implies perseverance and skill; as, to accomplish a plan proposed by one's self, an object, a design, an undertaking. "Thou shalt accomplish my desire." --1 Kings v. 9. [1913 Webster] He . . . expressed his desire to see a union accomplished between England and Scotland. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] To effect (to work out) is much like accomplish. It usually implies some degree of difficulty contended with; as, he effected or accomplished what he intended, his purpose, but little. "What he decreed, he effected." --Milton. [1913 Webster] To work in close design by fraud or guile What force effected not. --Milton. [1913 Webster] To execute (to follow out to the end, to carry out, or into effect) implies a set mode of operation; as, to execute the laws or the orders of another; to execute a work, a purpose, design, plan, project. To perform is much like to do, though less generally applied. It conveys a notion of protracted and methodical effort; as, to perform a mission, a part, a task, a work. "Thou canst best perform that office." --Milton. [1913 Webster] The Saints, like stars, around his seat Perform their courses still. --Keble. [1913 Webster] To achieve (to come to the end or arrive at one's purpose) usually implies some enterprise or undertaking of importance, difficulty, and excellence. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accomplished \Ac*com"plished\, a. 1. Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact. [1913 Webster] 2. Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain. [1913 Webster] They . . . show themselves accomplished bees. --Holland. [1913 Webster] Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accomplished adj 1: highly skilled; "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician" [syn: accomplished, complete] 2: successfully completed or brought to an end; "his mission accomplished he took a vacation"; "the completed project"; "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him" [syn: accomplished, completed, realized, realised] 3: settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact" [syn: accomplished, effected, established]