greatest achievement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandachievement
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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achievement
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/us/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/
something very good and difficult that you have succeeded ...
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(Definition ofgreatandachievementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In contrast, we believe science'sgreatestachievementwill be that of transforming our personal and cultural understanding of ourselves to better correspond with human nature.
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Indeed, perhaps the author'sgreatestachievementlies in his clear presentation of the relevant evidence and the problems related to it.
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Thegreatestachievementof these five years has been the final demolition of the wall that had divided the continent for half a century.
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Throughout history ourgreatestachievementhas been our leadership to the world outside.
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We have simply opened borders, and that is our goal - it is ourgreatestachievement.
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However, thegreatestachievementof the agreement has been its survival, despite all the pressures and controversy to which it has been subjected.
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Thegreatestachievementof that visit was to break down barriers of suspicion and distrust which have destroyed all previous efforts to make peace.
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In my opinion full employment has been thegreatestachievementsince the quasi-capitalist economy has been established in the more advanced part of the world.
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Thegreatestachievementof all was that continuity of contact was agreed upon and is to take place.
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It would be very interesting to hear what different sectors of the health service felt had been theirgreatestachievementover the year.
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They no longer believe that prestige and power make nations great, and that military glory is thegreatestachievementof mankind.
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I believe that theirgreatestachievementis yet to come.
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To continue worthy of these matchless blessings is our imminent struggle, and in the future will be ourgreatestachievementor our greatest catastrophe.
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He was formerly a banker and perhaps hisgreatestachievementhas been to persuade the money markets to accept such massive debt.
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Itsgreatestachievementwas to remove needless formalities in the admission process.
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The singlegreatestachievementof this government has been the reduction in inflation, and nobody should ever downgrade or underestimate that achievement.
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That was perhaps hisgreatestachievement.
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It was certainly mygreatestachievement.
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I told him to take great pride in what he had done, but hisgreatestachievementwas to set an example to other severely disabled people.
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