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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.
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Attaining
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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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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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