accomplished
/ə'kɔmpiʃt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Highly skilled or proficient: Having or showing great skill, expertise, or training in a particular area, often an art, craft, or profession.
- Successfully completed or achieved: Brought to a successful conclusion; finished or realized.
Usage
The word "accomplished" is used to describe a person who is highly skilled or an action or goal that has been successfully finished. It often implies a high level of polish, expertise, or finality.
Examples
- Describing a skilled person:
- She is an accomplished violinist who has performed worldwide.
- He is an accomplished public speaker, captivating every audience.
- Describing a completed fact or task:
- The deal was accomplished after months of negotiation.
- With the final report submitted, her work here is accomplished.
Advanced Usage
- "An accomplished fact": A situation or event that has already happened and cannot be changed; a fait accompli.
- The merger was presented to the board as an accomplished fact.
- Used in formal or literary contexts to describe the successful completion of a mission or objective.
- His accomplished goal brought him great satisfaction.
Variants and Related Words
- Accomplish (verb): To successfully complete or achieve a goal.
- She worked hard to accomplish her objectives.
- Accomplishment (noun):
- Something that has been achieved successfully.
- Winning the award was a great accomplishment.
- A skill or ability gained through practice or training.
- Speaking three languages is a notable accomplishment.
Synonyms
- Proficient: Skilled and competent in a particular activity.
- Expert: Having or showing great skill or knowledge.
- Finished: Brought to an end; completed.
- Consummate: Showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect.
Antonyms
- Inexperienced: Having little knowledge or experience in a particular skill.
- Unskilled: Not having or requiring special skill or training.
- Unfinished: Not completed or concluded.
Idioms and Phrases
- Mission accomplished: A phrase declaring that an objective or task has been successfully completed.
- The team fixed the critical bug—mission accomplished.
Adjective
- settled securely and unconditionally
- that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact
- 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
- highly skilled
- an accomplished pianist
- a complete musician