achiever
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[edit]- IPA(key): /əˈt͡ʃiːvɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]achiever (plural achievers)
- One who achieves something.
- One who tends to succeed; a winner.
- 2011, Mick Herron, Slow Horses:
- River hadn't laid eyes on Hobden before, but this had to be him: average height, thinning brownish hair, look of terror as he turned to face this new intrusion even while crushed in an arm-lock by the previous invader, the achiever—except this wasn't an achiever: he was blackclad, wore a balaclava, had a utility belt round his waist, but the ensemble lacked the hi-tech tailoring of the genuine article.
- 2012 September 7, Richard Pérez-Peña, “Studies Find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Studies of student behavior and attitudes show that a majority of students violate standards of academic integrity to some degree, and that high achievers are just as likely to do it as others.