accomplished
highly skilled
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,543 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,659 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- highly skilled also: complete an accomplished pianista complete musician
- successfully completed or brought to an end also: completed, realized, realised his mission accomplished he took a vacationthe completed project
- settled securely and unconditionally also: effected, established that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact
accomplished in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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John McLean had only made beginnings; he had accomplished nothing.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Athene reconciles the feud, and the toils of Odysseus are accomplished.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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This they accomplished almost entirely by main strength, for the sluggish current gave them little aid.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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This accomplished, she had only to wait, and sit in tearless anguish at the window, listening intently whenever a horseman rode past.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1