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attains

[uh-teyn]

at·tain

[uh-teyn]
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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Attains is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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

at·tain·er, noun
re·at·tain, verb (used with object)
un·at·tained, adjective
un·at·tain·ing, adjective
well-at·tained, adjective


1. secure. See gain1.


1, 2. miss.

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