attainment
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| an achievement or the act of achieving; accomplishment | |
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Attainment
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
attainment
late 14c., "encroachment" (a sense now obsolete), from O.Fr. ataignement (Mod.Fr. atteignement), from ataindre; see attain. Meaning "action of attaining" is from 1540s; sense of "that which is attained, personal accomplishment" dates from c.1680.
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Example sentences
The best way to reverse the shocking trends in debt and educational attainment would be to switch from loans back to grants.
For logistics gurus, this universal visibility is the highest attainment.
The exact gauge of a nation's literary attainment has not been determined.
Ubiquitous recognition of higher education attainment would allow far higher labor mobility.
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