Definition of Attain

1. Verb. To gain with effort. "She achieved her goal despite setbacks"


2. Verb. Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level. "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
Exact synonyms: Hit, Reach
Generic synonyms: Arrive, Come, Get
Specialized synonyms: Max Out, Break Even
Derivative terms: Attainment

3. Verb. Find unexpectedly. "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

4. Verb. Reach a destination, either real or abstract. "They attain the hill"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
Exact synonyms: Arrive At, Gain, Hit, Make, Reach
Entails: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Catch Up, Scale, Surmount, Access, Get At, Bottom Out, Peak, Top Out, Breast, Summit, Top, Make, Find, Culminate, Come Through, Get Through, Ground, Run Aground
Related verbs: Make
Derivative terms: Attainment

Definition of Attain

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

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

3. n. Attainment.

Definition of Attain

1. Verb. (transitive) To accomplish; to achieve. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Attain

1. to gain or achieve by mental or physical effort [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Attain

1. 1. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach. "If by any means they might attain to Phenice." (Acts xxvii. 12) "Nor nearer might the dogs attain." (Sir W. Scott) "To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber." (Cowper) "Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this." (J. R. Green) 2. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind. "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I can not attain unto it." (Ps. Cxxxix. 6) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attain

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attacking(a)
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attacking zone
attacking zones
attacklike
attackman
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attacks
attackt
attagal
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attaghan
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attagirl
attain (current term)
attainabilities
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attaineth

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