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countable and uncountable, plural accomplishments
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment. examples
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training. quotations examples
I’ll make a proof how I advance in / My new accomplishment of dancing.
1763, Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Book III
Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace ;
1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error
Something accomplished; an achievement. examples
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point. quotations examples
Thus it is attested that some children have taken an accomplishment verb like disappear, which does not have a causative counterpart, and used it as a causative accomplishment in sentences like He disappeared it, i.e. ‘He made it disappear.’
1997, Robert van Valin, Randy LaPolla, Syntax, pages 183-84