Attain

English

Verb

Attain (third-person singular simple present Attains, present participle Attaining, simple past and past participle Attained)

1. (transitive) To accomplish; to achieve.

Adverbs for Attain

ultimately; cheaply; effectually; artistically;modestly; legally; intellectually; profitably; educationally; singularly; ultimately; scientifically; technically; astronomically; linguistically; incomparably; rarely.

Synonyms for Attain

get, gain, accomplish, master, win, obtain, secure, achieve, grasp, procure, acquire, earn, compass, reach.

Antonyms for Attain

give up, abandon, surrender, fail, miss

Thesaurus

accede; accomplish; achieve; approach; arrive; arrive at; arrive in; attain to; be instated; be received; blow in; bob up; check in; clock in; come; come in; come to; come to hand; compass; consummate; deal with; discharge; dispatch; dispose of; do; do the job; do the trick; effect; effectuate; enact; execute; fetch; fetch up at; find; fulfill; gain; get in; get there; get to; hit; hit town; knock off; make; make good; make it; manage; mount the throne; perform; polish off; pop up; produce; pull in; punch in; put away; reach; realize; ring in; roll in; score; show up; sign in; succeed; take care of; take office; time in; turn the trick; turn up; win; work; work out

See also

achieve, gain, acquire.

Etymology

From French atteindre < Latin attingō.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪn

Translations

to accomplish; to achieve

Bulgarian: постигам (цел), добирам се до, осъществявам Dutch: bereiken (nl), realiseren (nl) Finnish: saavuttaa (fi) French: atteindre (fr) Greek: πετυχαίνω (el), επιτυγχάνω (el), κατορθώνω (el) Hungarian: elér (hu)

Japanese: 到る (itaru) Portuguese: efetuar (pt), cumprir (pt) Romanian: a obtine, a realiza Russian: достигать (ru), добиваться (ru) Spanish: lograr (es), conseguir (es)