significant accomplishment

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantandaccomplishment

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significant
adjective
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/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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accomplishment
noun
uk
/əˈkʌm.plɪʃ.mənt/us
/əˈkɑːm.plɪʃ.mənt/
something that is successful, or that is achieved after a lot of work ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandaccomplishmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant accomplishment

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In a genre that looks easy, but is actually quite challenging, this is asignificantaccomplishment.
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Its mostsignificantaccomplishmentwas passing legislation establishing high schools in every county of the state.
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Other requirements includesignificantaccomplishmentin one's career and a solid record of continued community volunteer involvement.
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Some scholars regard him as a military hero ofsignificantaccomplishment, while others view him as a failure who repeatedly defeated his own best purposes.
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The number of households within the city limits stabilized for the first time since beginning their decline in the 1960s, asignificantaccomplishment.
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To me, his leadership role in supporting that legislation was his mostsignificantaccomplishment.
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These were significant accomplishments, easily overlooked in the general failure of the interwar gold standard.
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Clark's mostsignificantaccomplishmentas governor was securing the creation of a state board of education and the establishment of public schools in every county in the state.
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Despite the significant accomplishments made over the past decade or so, many fundamental questions remain to be answered regarding the molecular events underlying cotton fibre and seed development.
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His most significant accomplishments were in nautical charting.
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He was reticent and modest about his many significant accomplishments.
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Rankings have such importance that business school deans cite improving rankings under significant accomplishments and are said to hire and fire over such successes.
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Significant accomplishments shall be networked to show their logical relationships and that they flow logically from one to another.
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The award is given for: significant accomplishments by exceptional individuals who have brought new understanding to the use of the power of music to awaken and heal.
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Buchanan is remembered today for other missed opportunities rather than any significant accomplishments.
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