achieve a goal
To successfully reach a specific objective or target.
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IELTS use
Discusses success, personal development, or policy targets in both writing and speaking.
Examples
- The government aims to achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions.
- Students often need to achieve a goal of high grades to enter university.
Collocations
- achieve a goal
- The team worked hard to achieve their goal of launching the product.
Word family
- Noun
- goal
- Verb
- achieve
Paraphrases
- reach a target: More specific to measurable targets.
- accomplish an objective: More formal.
Common mistakes
- achieve to the goal to achieve the goal. No preposition needed after 'achieve'.
- goal achievement to achievement of a goal. 'Goal achievement' is possible but less common; the phrase is 'achieve a goal'.