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verb (used with object)
1.
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
2.
to come to or arrive at, especially after some labor or tedium; reach: to attain the age of 96; to attain the mountain peak.
verb (used without object)
3.
to arrive at or succeed in reaching or obtaining something (usually followed by to or unto ): to attain to knowledge.
4.
to reach in the course of development or growth: These trees attain to remarkable height.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English atei(g)nen < Anglo-French, Old French ateign- (stem of ateindre) < Vulgar Latin *attangere (for Latin attingere), equivalent to Latin at- at- + tangere to touch
1300–50; Middle English atei(g)nen < Anglo-French, Old French ateign- (stem of ateindre) < Vulgar Latin *attangere (for Latin attingere), equivalent to Latin at- at- + tangere to touch
Related forms
at·tain·er, noun
re·at·tain, verb (used with object)
un·at·tained, adjective
un·at·tain·ing, adjective
well-at·tained, adjective
Antonyms
1, 2. miss.
1, 2. miss.
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| —vb (often foll by to) | |
| 1. | (tr) to achieve or accomplish (a task, goal, aim, etc) |
| 2. | (tr) to reach or arrive at in space or time: to attain old age |
| 3. | to arrive (at) with effort or exertion: to attain to glory |
| [C14: from Old French ateindre, from Latin attingere to reach, from tangere to touch] | |
| at'tainable | |
| —adj | |
| attaina'bility | |
| —n | |
| at'tainableness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
attain
c.1300, "to succeed in reaching," from stem of O.Fr. ataindre (11c., Mod.Fr. atteindre) "to come up to, reach, attain, endeavor, strive," from V.L. *adtangere, from L. attingere "to touch, to arrive at," from ad- "to" + tangere "to touch" (see tangent).
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