Achieve and Decide

Achieve

Achieve verb - To obtain (as a goal) through effort.

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Decide and achieve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decide" instead a verb "Achieve".

Decide verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

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Achieve and decide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Achieve" instead a verb "Decide".

Nearby Words: decisive, decision, deciding, decider

purpose	achieve purpose	decide purpose
life	achieve life	decide life
kind	achieve kind	decide kind
position	achieve position	decide position
Other words: look, sort, outcome, time, way, plan, goal, damage, nothing.

So, rather than simply choose one of their loyal servants from among Cocoon's military, the fal'cie instead abduct random civilians and decide to achieve their goals through the most inefficient and failure-prone method possible, just to torture random people along the way.

Source: Stupid Evil
Can be related to Enemy Mine, wherein two enemies nevertheless realize they have a common goal and decide to work together to achieve it.

Source: The Horseshoe Effect
In Bakuman。, The Time of Greenery, a manga created by Aoki, is based on the main characters' romance, in which they decide to marry once they achieve their dreams, but not even meet until then.

Source: Self Deprecation / Anime and Manga

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