outstanding achievement

collocation in English

meaningsofoutstandingandachievement

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outstanding
adjective
uk
/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/us
/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
clearly very much better than what ...
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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 ofoutstandingandachievementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Creole genesis and the acquisition of grammar is nevertheless anoutstandingachievement.
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This is a quiteoutstandingachievement.
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Will he join me in congratulating that company on itsoutstandingachievement?
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It is theoutstandingachievement, and it will have a very profound effect upon international history.
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The chairman and the present team are continuing the record ofoutstandingachievement.
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It was my judgment that this was anoutstandingachievement, and that we ought to be developing it in this country.
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What actually made possible theoutstandingachievementof the century was the insatiable capacity of engineers to solve any problem, however daunting it initially appeared.
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I do not think that anybody would take anything from theoutstandingachievementof that body in 1984, and the international garden festival.
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The mostoutstandingachievementwas the way in which all the gas appliances were changed throughout the country.
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This represents anoutstandingachievementon the part of the colleges.
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This is anoutstandingachievementby any yardstick.
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This has been theoutstandingachievementof the last 15 years.
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It is a great andoutstandingachievementof world statesmanship.
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That is anoutstandingachievementin anyone's terms.
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There can be no doubt that these are men ofoutstandingachievementand expertise.
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We ought to see equallyoutstandingachievementin the air.
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This is anoutstandingachievementas the programme is specially aimed at the longer-term unemployed.
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Thatoutstandingachievementwas made possible by the assisted places scheme.
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Thatoutstandingachievementdeserves public recognition, which he has secured today.
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Will he congratulate it on thatoutstandingachievement?
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