accomplished
AdjectiveUS[uh-kahm-plisht]/əˈkɑmplɪʃt/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- highly skilled“an accomplished pianist”“a complete musician”Synonyms: completeOpposite unskilledSimilar skilled
- successfully completed or brought to an end“his mission accomplished, he took a vacation”“the completed project”“the joy of a realized ambition overcame him”Synonyms: completedrealizedrealisedOpposite incompleteSimilar complete
- settled securely and unconditionally“that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact”Synonyms: effectedestablishedOpposite unsettledSimilar settled
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ac·com′plished (…), adjective
1. Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.
2. Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; — commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain.
They... show themselves accomplished bees.— Philemon Holland
Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve.— John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54