Attain

Word ATTAIN
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Hyphenation at tain
Pronunciations /əˈteɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Attain"

What do we mean by attain?

To gain as an objective; achieve. intransitive verb

To come to or arrive at, as through movement, growth, or the passage of time. intransitive verb

To succeed in a directed effort, process, or progression. intransitive verb

Something attained. Glanville. noun

To touch; strike; hit.

To touch upon; mention.

To convict; condemn. Compare attaint, v., 3-5.

To come so near as to touch; reach, achieve, or accomplish (an end or object) by continued effort; come into possession of; acquire; gain.

To come to or arrive at (a place); reach (a place, time, or state).

To reach in excellence or degree; equal.

To overtake; come up with: as, “not attaining him in time,” Bacon.

To come to know; experience.

To reach; come or arrive by motion, bodily or mental exertion, or efforts of any kind: followed by to or unto.

To pertain; have relation.

Attainment. noun

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass. transitive verb

To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. transitive verb

To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. transitive verb

To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at. transitive verb

To overtake. transitive verb

To gain (an object or desired result).

To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.

To get at the knowledge of.

To reach in excellence or degree.

To reach a person after being behind them.

Succeed in achieving (something that one desires and has worked for). You are the one who dedicates time and hard work into something. Urban Dictionary

Noun; 1. Accomplishment of something: the achievement of the goals that somebody has set. 2. A skill, accomplishment, or distinction, especially one achieved through effort. Urban Dictionary

Adj. A female whose attractiveness, under most circumstances, puts here out of your league, but her personality makes her attainable to the average guy. Urban Dictionary

When a guy assumes that he can 'get' a particular real life girl either to date or have sex with because he feels what he has going for him: looks, personality, status, money, job, degree, etc., are enough to impress the girl into doing so. But the problem is that girls want to 'date up', not 'date same' and definitely not 'date down', so girls that most guys think are realistically attainable to them, are not. Urban Dictionary

When a streamer's audience (usually male) fool themselves into thinking the streamer (usually female) can be attained for a relationship as long as she is single. This delusion is shattered when she reveals she is in a relationship, which, consequently, leads to indignant backlash by the horde of disappointed men. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Attain

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The word "attain" in example sentences

And just the fact that you used the word attain instead of obtain, tells me you think the latter is fine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We may never again attain the stature this president and his criminal cohorts have so brutally wasted in their headlong grab for oil money and power. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Sartre's existentialism may be understood in the sense that the degree of happiness which an individual can hope to attain is governed by his willingness to take his stand in accordance with his ethos and to accept the consequences thereof; this is a more austere interpretation of a philosophy admirably expressed by Nobel's contemporary, Ralph Waldo Emerson: ❋ Unknown (1964)

Indeed, the security which our children attain is likened to that of children in our ordinary third elementary grade. ❋ Anne E. Montessori George (1912)

I use the word attain because I believe this faith requires some ongoing effort on our part. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Maybe they’re right, if we let Palin attain a leadership position because we are too politically correct to call her a phu (king retard, well that would be dangerous for this country. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The other goal they trying to attain is to wipe out racial, social, class, what-have-you barriers; to treat all the children in New York as equals with equal potential. ❋ Ianrandalstrock (2008)

These people deserve to be addressed with the amount of dignity that their views attain, which is very, very little. ❋ Chris (2005)

‘That is a position which very few women can attain, that is, very few single women.’ ❋ Unknown (2004)

And for This, the sternest and the uttermost combat is set before the Souls; all our labour is for This, lest we be left without part in this noblest vision, which to attain is to be blessed in the blissful sight, which to fail of is to fail utterly. ❋ Plotinus (1952)

As we said, the way to attain is to sincerely try to attain, to consistently practice attainment. ❋ Unknown (1920)

The intellect, then, only represents to the activity ends to attain, that is to say, points of rest. ❋ Henri Bergson (1900)

As we said, the way to attain is to sincerely TRY to attain, to consistently PRACTICE attainment. ❋ Edward Carpenter (1886)

Though we may not be able to attain, that is no reason why we should not aspire. ❋ John Lubbock (1873)

The one object which I have it at heart to attain is to induce you to free yourself from the paralyzing fatalism of the heathen and the savage, and to look at the mysteries that perplex, and the portents that daunt you, from the Christian's point of view. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

'That is a position which very few women can attain, that is, very few single women.' ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)

I have but one pursuit, one end to attain, which is, to succeed in that search. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

Nor does your hufband Paris aught excel In generous courage, or in martial fkill. tv'n but a boy, from my {lain foes I gain'd iAy ftolen herd, and a new name attain'd; ❋ Unknown (1795)

Returns on venture capital funds have been under pressure for several years, and liquidity events are taking longer to attain, which is among the causes of investor frustration with the sector. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am attained therefore [i'm a] [hard worker] and [dedicated] to my work. ❋ IAttained (2017)

1. They [forced] them to [reach] the [attainment]. 2. He's got attainments, he's got skills. ❋ Jafje (2007)

[Attainable hot]: Mila Kunis, [Kristen Dunst], [Eliza Dushku] ❋ Bloj81 (2009)

Girl #1: [JP] wants me, he keeps texting me to hang out. Girl #2: That would be [dating down] girl, don't do it. Girl #3: I think he's suffering from [AGS] Girl #1 and #2: AGS? Girl #3: Attainable Girl Syndrome! Girl #1: Well as long as that mean he's delusional. Girl #2: Most guys are! ❋ Sarasplayroom.com (2009)

Streamer: [I have a boyfriend], guys! Delusional man: Ohmahgerd but I thought you were mine. Streamer: Sorry to [shatter] your [attainability delusion], but you should've known better. Delusional man: *proceeds to report all her accounts* ❋ Carnivorous Pencil (2020)

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