Attainable
[ə'teɪnəbl] or [ə'tenəbl]
Definition
(adj.) capable of being attained or accomplished; 'choose an attainable goal'; 'art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study' .
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Definition
(a.) Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.
(a.) Obtainable.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Compassable, achievable, practicable, feasible, possible.
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Examples
- Socrates indeed appears to have thought that science of nature was not attainable and not very important. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There were but few who could be so classed; and it was not all of them that were attainable. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mr. Jackson, if perfection had been attainable on earth, would also have asked that Mrs. Archer's food should be a little better. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In the matter of size the Oceanic surpasses all previous efforts in ship building, but ocean steamers do not reach the highest speed attainable. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On that article, truth seemed attainable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Clemenceau were simple and in a manner attainable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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