ACCOMPLISH: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for: accomplish / achieve / achievement / attain
Also can mean things such as: obtain a desired result, reach a goal. The concept of "accomplish / achieve" can be signed a few different ways depending on what you
The "achieve" / "achievement" version
of "accomplish" incorporates the sign for "goal" and the dominant hand
"reaching" or "accomplishing" that goal. The non-dominant
hand is a "1" handshape and the dominant hand begins near the body and moves to
the non-dominant index finger changing from a "loose-claw 5" handshape to a "S"
handshape. ACHIEVE / ACHIEVEMENT:
Sample sentence: next-YEAR YOU WANT
ACCOMPLISH WHAT? What do you want to accomplish next year?
If you mean accomplish as in "to succeed" or "success": SUCCEED / SUCCESS:
See:
SUCCEED
If you mean accomplish as in "achieve" or obtain a goal:
ACHIEVE, accomplish, attain, reach a goal, obtain a desired result:
Notes:
The English phrase "bring off" is similar to "pull off" as in to have successfully achieved a desired result. The sign "ACCOMPLISH" could in the right context mean "bring off."
Also see: WIN
Also see: SATISFY
Also see: GOAL
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