Attain

[ə'teɪn] or [ə'ten]

Definition

(v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

(v. t.) To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.

(v. t.) To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.

(v. t.) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.

(v. t.) To overtake.

(v. t.) To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.

(v. i.) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.

(v. i.) To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.

(n.) Attainment.

Checker: Shari

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Procure (by effort), acquire, get, obtain, gain, win, secure, achieve, compass, accomplish, effect, hit.[2]. Reach, arrive at, come to, attain to.

Typed by Cecil

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Reach, extend, master, arrive_at, compass, earn, win, achieve, accomplish, get,obtain, acquire, gain, secure, grasp

ANT:Lose, fail, forfeit, miss, abandon, resign

Typed by Darla

Definition

v.t. to reach or gain by effort: to obtain: to reach a place: to reach.—v.i. to come or arrive: to reach.—adj. Attain′able that may be reached.—ns. Attain′ableness Attainabil′ity; Attain′ment act of attaining: the thing attained: acquisition: (pl.) acquirements in learning.

Edited by Andrea

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