Literary notes about achieved (AI summary)
The word “achieved” in literature serves as a versatile marker of success, transformation, or even the culmination of arduous effort. Authors employ it to denote a wide range of accomplishments—from an abstract attainment such as knowledge or reputation ([1], [2], [3]) to tangible victories like military conquests and political independence ([4], [5]). In some cases, it underscores the realization of personal fulfillment or emotional milestones, as seen when characters secure mutual happiness or a last clear glance of resolve ([6], [7]). At other times, “achieved” lends a formal tone to the narration of grand feats or measured progress, whether in scientific pursuits ([8]) or in the steady march towards domestic tranquility ([9]). Thus, across diverse genres and eras, “achieved” consistently encapsulates the idea of turning aspiration into a definitive state or result.
- When what we believe is true, it might be supposed that we had achieved a knowledge of what we believe.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - "I have achieved that reputation, I suppose."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens - Whatever he undertook and achieved was pervaded and guided by the cool sobriety which constitutes the most marked peculiarity of his genius.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce - They achieved their independence easily, and their inhabitants are animated by a different spirit from what the Filipinos are.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal - The final conquest of Armenia and Georgia was achieved by Alp Arslan.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - All who have cared for Fred Vincy and Mary Garth will like to know that these two made no such failure, but achieved a solid mutual happiness.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - She raised her head, and achieved a last clear look at him.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - The maximum altitude achieved was 21,800 meters (71,500 feet).
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - The men, having achieved domestic tranquillity, had no desire to do anything that would disturb the status quo.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
