Achieve and Define

Achieve

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

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

Define verb - To draw or make apparent the outline of.

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Achieve and define are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Achieve" instead a verb "Define".

purpose	achieve purpose	define purpose
life	achieve life	define life
good	achieve good	define good
sound	achieve sound	define sound
Other words: form, outcome, way, justice, powers, goals, levels.

What Hammurabi's code did achieve, for all its failings and inequities, was to specifically define crimes and their punishments.

Source: Fair for Its Day
The Revolutionaries are a mixed bag: some are anti-monarchy, others want London out of the Masters' hands, and some define freedom as anarchy, but many (especially among the last of these) are willing to resort to murder and terrorism to achieve their ends.

Source: Video Game / Fallen London

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