Definitions of attain [əˈteɪn]

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Definition of 'attain'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) attain
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
to attain one's goals.

2. attain
to come to or arrive at:
to attain the mountain peak.

3. (v.i.) attain
to succeed in reaching something:
to attain to knowledge.

4. attain
to reach in the course of development or growth:
These trees attain to remarkable height.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME atei(g)nen < AF, OF ateign-, s. of ateindre < VL *attangere (for L attingere) = L at-at-+tangere to touch)

Definition of 'attain'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
to gain with effort
"she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

2. (verb) reach, hit, attain
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
"The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

3. (verb) fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
find unexpectedly
"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

4. (verb) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
reach a destination, either real or abstract
"We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

Definition of 'attain'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) attain
to achieve
to attain results; an attainable goal; attainment of our aims

Definition of 'attain'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) attain
attainment

2. (verb) attain
to achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest

3. (verb) attain
to gain or obtain possession of; to acquire

4. (verb) attain
to get at the knowledge of; to ascertain

5. (verb) attain
to reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at

6. (verb) attain
to overtake

7. (verb) attain
to reach in excellence or degree; to equal

8. (verb) attain
to come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach

9. (verb) attain
to come or arrive, by an effort of mind

Translation of 'attain'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to gain; to achieve He attained all his ambitions.
Afrikaans: behaal, bereik	Arabic: يَنال، يَبْلُغ، يُحَقِّق	Bulgarian: постигам
Brazilian: atingir	Czech: dosáhnout	German: erreichen
Danish: opnå	Greek: κατορθώνω, αποκτώ, πραγμα	Spanish: conseguir, alcanzar, logr
Estonian: saavutama	Farsi: بدست آوردن	Finnish: saavuttaa
French: atteindre, réaliser	Hebrew: לְהַשִׂיג	Hindi: प्राप्त करना
Croatian: ostvariti	Hungarian: elér	Indonesian: mencapai
Icelandic: ná, öðlast	Italian: realizzare, raggiungere	Japanese: 成し遂げる
Korean: 이루다	Lithuanian: pasiekti	Latvian: sasniegt; iegūt
Malay: mencapai	Dutch: bereiken	Norwegian: (opp)nå
Polish: osiągnąć	Persian: بدست آوردن	Pashto: لاسته راوړل
Portuguese: atingir	Romanian: a(-şi) realiza, a atinge	Russian: достигать
Slovak: dosiahnuť	Slovenian: doseči; uresničiti	Serbian: ostvariti; postići
Swedish: uppnå, vinna	Thai: ถึง; บรรลุเป้าหมาย	Turkish: ulaşmak, erişmek
Taiwanese: 獲得，達到	Ukrainian: досягати, добиватися	Urdu: حاصل کرنا
Vietnamese: đạt được	Chinese: 获得，达到
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