Attain

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
  • (v. t.) To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
  • (v. t.) To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
  • (v. t.) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
  • (v. t.) To overtake.
  • (v. t.) To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
  • (v. i.) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
  • (v. i.) To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
  • (n.) Attainment.

Compare attain with other words:

attain vs. attaint

attain vs. atwain

attain vs. sustain

attain vs. attend

acquisition vs. attain

attach vs. attain

attain vs. overget

attain vs. receive

attain vs. garner

accomplished vs. attain

attain vs. fulfill

attain vs. maintain

attain vs. gain

attain vs. prevail

attain vs. reattain

attain vs. attainment

attain vs. extempore

accomplish vs. attain

attain vs. reach

achieve vs. attain

acquire vs. attain

accede vs. attain

attain vs. compass

attain vs. obtain