attainment
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]attainment (countable and uncountable, plural attainments)
- The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
- Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, acquirement
- My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.
- That which is attained, or obtained by exertion.
- Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, acquirement
- 1860, National Preacher, volume 33, number 1, page 11:
- The scholar who had made so many attainments, knows now how small they were compared with what one glance into the spiritual glory has taught him.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching
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that which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement
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References
[edit]- “attainment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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