добиться — meaning in English

English meaning

• achieve verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
• attain verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
• win verb To come out on top in a contest, game, war, or competition.

Senses

добиться is used for these senses in English:

• achieve (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]
• attain (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
• pull off (transitive, idiomatic) To achieve, accomplish, succeed at (something difficult).
• win (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).

achieve — full definition

1. verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
2. verb To do well, especially in school or in a career.

attain — full definition

1. verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
2. noun Something reached or achieved; an accomplishment. (Rare use; usually replaced by "attainment.")

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