Definition of Attainable

1. Adjective. Capable of being attained or accomplished. "Art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study"

Exact synonyms: Come-at-able
Similar to: Possible
Derivative terms: Attain, Attainability, Attainableness

Definition of Attainable

1. 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.

Definition of Attainable

1. Adjective. Able to be achieved, accomplished or obtained. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Attainable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attainable

attacking zone
attacking zones
attacklike
attackman
attackmen
attacks
attackt
attagal
attagen
attaghan
attaghans
attagirl
attain
attainabilities
attainability
attainable (current term)
attainableness
attainably
attainder
attaindered
attainders
attaindre
attained
attainer
attainers
attainest
attaineth
attaining
attainment
attainment area

Literary usage of Attainable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and by James Burgh (1794)
"That certainty is in the nature of things attainable by ... That fuch certainty is in the nature of things attainable in ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1863)
"Proposed Measurement of the Temperatures of Active Volcanic Foci to the greatest attainable Depth, and of the Temperature, state of Saturation, and Velocity ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"So complicated are the forces of Nature that one discovery is sure to lead to another, and the man of science soon learns that he never exhausts attainable ..."

4. The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study by Thomson Jay Hudson (1908)
"Natural Sleep the Best Condition attainable both for Healer and Patient. — Demonstrative Experi, ments.—Healing at a Distance of One Thousand Miles. ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"The results then are historical, the basis sought is the most ultimate facts attainable, but the degree of assurance necessarily varies. ..."

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