personal achievement

collocation in English

meaningsofpersonalandachievement

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personal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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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 ofpersonalandachievementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Research was viewed as being directly helpful for improving practice, advancing the professional status of podiatry, helping individual career development, and engendered a sense ofpersonalachievement.
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In both samples being acknowledged forpersonalachievement, experiencing personal growth, and participation in hedonistic activities were clearly scored higher by younger women than by the older ones.
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It was a considerablepersonalachievementin which he is entitled to have some pride.
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For any woman to bring a case before a tribunal—especially a working class woman—will be a majorpersonalachievementfor her, anyway.
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This was a tremendouspersonalachievement, but in the end it came to nothing.
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It would be fair to say that much of that has been apersonalachievementin respect of his personal patience and commitment.
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Brokering a text between all the participants is an extraordinarypersonalachievement.
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Therefore, it would be a majorpersonalachievementfor any woman to take on the big organisations and to take a matter to court single-handed.
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It was a feeling of community rather than selfish ness—of country rather than materialpersonalachievement.
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He takes the credit for this episode; it was his ownpersonalachievement.
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The accent increasingly will be on personal responsibility, andpersonalachievement.
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Beeching would claim it as his ownpersonalachievement.
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But to fight the election during the deepest recession that the nation has seen for more than 60 years was a particularly remarkablepersonalachievement.
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I also feel a sense ofpersonalachievementat having notched up a couple of amendments.
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Work across the whole curriculum gives students the chance to develop self-esteem, motivation andpersonalachievement.
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There is nothing like the "feel-good factor" ofpersonalachievementin difficult circumstances.
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It was a kind ofpersonalachievement.
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The achievement of a fourth and historic victory was quite a mountain to climb, and to do that in contradiction of the opinion polls constituted a remarkablepersonalachievement.
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