accomplished

«accomplished» in Mova's school dictionary: Done, finished or achieved successfully: the task was… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (accomplished); verb, past form of accomplish (accomplish, accomplishes, accomplished, accomplishing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Done, finished or achieved successfully: the task was accomplished. tree →

2) (adjective) Very skilful at something after much practice: an accomplished pianist. tree →

3) (formal) A fact already done: an accomplished fact. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school it praises finished goals and skilled people (an accomplished reader, writer or athlete). In stories it shows a character is talented. Phrases: mission accomplished, accomplished in, a highly accomplished artist, what we accomplished.

examples

• We accomplished our goal of reading 20 books. tree →
• Mission accomplished — the cake is in the oven! tree →
• She is an accomplished violinist. tree →
• The climbers accomplished the climb in two days. tree →
• He felt accomplished after building the model. tree →
• (formal) The task was accomplished within the time allowed. tree →
• ‘He is so rich and so accomplished,’ the field-mouse told her. tree →

note

Regular verb: accomplish, accomplished. Noun: accomplishment (an achievement). "Accomplished" as an adjective means skilled, not just "finished". It is more formal than "did" or "finished".

In the corpora

• For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and Mine anger shall be to their destruction.
• The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; and it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
• It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «accomplished» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.