Bring vs Achieve - What's the difference?
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(lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
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, title= To supply or contribute.
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*:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
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, title= To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
(lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
* I. Taylor
(obsolete) To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.1:
To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
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(obsolete) To conclude, to turn out.
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* (William Shakespeare), (Othello), II-i
As verbs the difference between bring and achieve
is that bring is (lb) to transport toward somebody/somewhere while achieve is to succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.As an interjection bring
is the sound of a telephone ringing.bring
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bringen, from (etyl) ).Verb
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- At twilight in the summeron the floor.
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- It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.
Usage notes
Past (brang) and past participle (brung) and (broughten) forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.Derived terms
(terms derived from "bring") * bring about * bring around * bring back * bring down * bring forth * bring forwards * bring home * bring in * bring it * bring it on * bring off * bring on * bring out * bring round * bring to * bring to light * bring up * inbring * outbringEtymology 2
Onomatopeiaachieve
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete )Verb
(achiev)- Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it.
- Full many Countreyes they did overronne, / From the uprising to the setting Sunne, / And many hard adventures did atchieve [...].
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- Some are born great, some achieve greatness.
- Thou hast achieved our liberty.
- Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved .
- He hath achieved a maid / That paragons description.