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Definitions for Attaining

[1] to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
[2] to come to or arrive at, especially after some labor or tedium; reach: to attain the age of 96; to attain the mountain peak.
[3] to arrive at or succeed in reaching or obtaining something (usually followed by to or unto ): to attain to knowledge.
[4] to reach in the course of development or growth: These trees attain to remarkable height.
[5] (tr) to achieve or accomplish (a task, goal, aim, etc)
[6] (tr) to reach or arrive at in space or time to attain old age
[7] (intr often foll by to ) to arrive (at) with effort or exertion to attain to glory

Words related to Attaining

attainearn, secure, reach, obtain, gain, promote, reap, realize, complete, cop, unzip, hit, score, get, win, acquire, procure, snag, succeed, grasp

Words nearby Attaining

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Origin of Attaining

1300–50; Middle English atei(g)nen < Anglo-French, Old French ateign- (stem of ateindre ) < Vulgar Latin *attangere (for Latin attingere ), equivalent to Latin at- at- + tangere to touch

Other words from Attaining

at·tain·er , noun
re·at·tain , verb (used with object)
un·at·tained , adjective
un·at·tain·ing , adjective
well-at·tained , adjective

Word origin for Attaining

C14: from Old French ateindre, from Latin attingere to reach, from tangere to touch

Synonyms for Attaining

complete, earn, gain, obtain, promote, reach, realize, reap, secure, acquire, arrive, cop, effect, fulfill, get, grasp, hit, procure, score, snag, succeed, unzip, win, accede to, arrive at, bring off, come through, get fat, get hands on, get there, glom onto, latch onto, make it, pull off, rack up