Friday, 11 October 2024

C2 COLLOCATIONS with Accomplish, Achieve, Attain, Fulfill, Gain & Obtain



ACHIEVE (verb)

  1. achieve [fame, fortune, glory, orgasm]
  2. achieve the [highest, best, lowest]
  3. (can) achieve your [goals, dreams, desires, true potential]
  4. achieve your [personal, financial, weight, career] goals
  5. achieve the [minimum, maximum]
  6. achieve a better [result, outcome]
  7. achieve [greater, higher, maximum][efficiency]
  8. achieve [greater] [efficiency, effectiveness, performance, quality]
  9. achieve [perfection, success, excellence]
  10. striving to achieve [success, her goals]
  11. achieve by any means [necessary, possible]
  12. (can be) achieved through [hard work, dedication]
  13. the [mission, objective, goal] has been achieved
  14. [never, already] achieved before
  15. [hard, difficult, tough, impossible, easy] to achieve
  16. students [do not, are struggling to, barely] achieve in school
  17. what (do) you want to achieve in life
  18. what it is that you [really, most] want to achieve
  19. what you hope to achieve (by)
  20. there is [nothing, little] to be achieved by

FULFILL (verb)

  1. does not fulfill the (minimum) requirements
  2. in order to fulfill the requirements (necessary) for
  3. fulfilled his promise (to)
  4. fulfill the needs of
  5. fulfill your [obligations, duties, responsibilities]
  6. fulfilled its mission
  7. fulfill [certain, all] requirements
  8. a failure to fulfill [certain] requirements
  9. fulfilled the role of
  10. is fulfilled by
  11. finally fulfilled his dream to [be, become, go]
  12. [was not able to, couldn't] fulfill his ambition
  13. fulfill yourself [with, by, through]
  14. fulfilled the prophecy
  15. the prophecy is being fulfilled
  16. will process and fulfill your order within [one week]
  17. work [overtime, round the clock] to fulfill the order
  18. fulfilled the order on [Monday]
  19. fulfill all orders within [one week]
  20. not enough [stock, inventory] to fulfill orders

ATTAIN  (verb)

  1. attain your [goals, objectives, dreams]
  2. attain [success, proficiency, enlightenment]
  3. attain the highest level of [achievement, excellence, recognition]
  4. attained the [age, rank] of
  5. [easy, difficult, hard] to attain
  6. attain speeds of (up to) [150 mph]

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All Collocations here.
Collocations with , ACCOMPLISHMENTACHIEVEMENTATTAIN, FULFILLGAINOBTAIN
Vocabulary dealing with Succeeding, Achieving & Fulfilling (from CALD, 3rd Edition)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fail the first time is normal. Do it twice, is irritating. The third, if so, will be unforgivable (a "Fulfill" lover)

Miguel Ángel said...

??? Who fails? What does "fulfill lover" mean?
BTW, some people failed 100 times!