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