individual achievement

collocation in English

meaningsofindividualandachievement

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individual
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us
/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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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 ofindividualandachievementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If social mobility is represented as a matter ofindividualachievementor wise parental choices rather than class advance, what obligations do the successful have to the unsuccessful?
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Ideally, offering places and positions on the basis ofindividualachievementand potential would take account of past discrimination without necessarily raising the controversial issue of race.
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Central in this universe is a contradiction between an egalitarian ideology on the one hand, and a high value placed onindividualachievementon the other.
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And we must provide a framework within whichindividualachievementand national prosperity go hand in hand.
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Thirdly, we should have seen the development of the curriculum and reform of the examination system, with emphasis onindividualachievement.
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In order to encourageindividualachievementa favourable environment has to be created.
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I must ask myself whether the threat lies in what one might call the individualist ethic, or the emphasis onindividualachievementand self-fulfilment.
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High standards and skills for life are the key toindividualachievement, to social cohesion and to economic prosperity for our country.
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Secondly, we shall continue to promote the development, by voluntary means, of employee involvement and of responsive and flexible pay arrangements which rewardindividualachievement.
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I refer to pride inindividualachievementand pride in spreading limited resources, and even spreading limited affection.
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They will also have greater freedom to respond to the local labour market and to rewardindividualachievementand effort.
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They, too, can act as a spur forindividualachievementwithin the national context.
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The uniform is used to promote equality while showingindividualachievement.
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Prizes awarded by the institute forindividualachievement, built work, and research are among the most prestigious in the industry.
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His bestindividualachievementwas ninth place on the floor.
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This term defines both the dissociation fromindividualachievementand the decrease of personal accountability, resulting in lower exerted effort for individuals in collaborative environments.
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Most types of competitive freediving have in common that it is an individual sport based on the bestindividualachievement.
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Here, individuals are recognized for their outstandingindividualachievement.
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Her bestindividualachievementwas eighth place on the balance beam.
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