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Definition of Achievement

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  ACHIEVEMENT   noun
The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
 

Devil's Dictionarydefinition from:
The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:
ACHIEVEMENT:
??t?i:vm?nt n. 1 something achieved. 2 a the act of achieving. b an instance of this. 3 Psychol. performance in a standardized test. 4 Heraldry a an escutcheon with adjuncts, or bearing, esp. in memory of a distinguished feat. b = HATCHMENT.


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