Attain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To gain as an objective; achieve: attain a diploma by hard work.
  • v. To arrive at, as by virtue of persistence or the passage of time. See Synonyms at reach.
  • verb-intransitive. To succeed in a directed effort, process, or progression: attained to high office; eventually attained to wisdom.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To accomplish; to achieve.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass.
  • v. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
  • v. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
  • v. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
  • v. To overtake.
  • v. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
  • verb-intransitive. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
  • verb-intransitive. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
  • n. Attainment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To touch; strike; hit.
  • To touch upon; mention.
  • To convict; condemn. Compare attaint, v., 3-5.
  • To come so near as to touch; reach, achieve, or accomplish (an end or object) by continued effort; come into possession of; acquire; gain.
  • To come to or arrive at (a place); reach (a place, time, or state).
  • To reach in excellence or degree; equal.
  • To overtake; come up with: as, “not attaining him in time,” Bacon.
  • To come to know; experience.
  • To reach; come or arrive by motion, bodily or mental exertion, or efforts of any kind: followed by to or unto.
  • To pertain; have relation.
  • n. Something attained. Glanville.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. reach a destination, either real or abstract
  • v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
  • v. find unexpectedly
  • v. to gain with effort
  • Verb Form
    attained    attaining    attains   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    regain    find   
    Hyponym
    scale    get at    peak    culminate    ground    access    surmount    breast    get through    top out   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    procure    obtain    acquire    ascertain    overtake    equal    reach    attainment    get    accomplish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alane    Aquitaine    Ayn    Bahrain    Biscayne    Blaine    Cain    Chain    Champagne    Champaign   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unexcelled    imperfectness    actualization    achivar    swearing-in    obsessing    logbook    texting    ultra    dreamful