attain
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
attain/əˈteɪn/
▶verb
- 1 succeed in accomplishing.
- 2 reach (a specified age, size, or amount).
– derivatives
attainability noun,
attainable adjective,
attainableness noun.
attainability noun,
attainable adjective,
attainableness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. ateindre, from L. attingere, from ad- ‘at, to’ + tangere ‘to touch’.
'attain' also found in these Oxford entries:
adept
- attainder
- attaint
- clock
- contest
- elevation
- equilibrate
- go
- grasp
- life coach
- miscarriage of justice
- mystic
- play
- prajna
- pursue
- reach
- Standardbred
- succeed
- thermalize
