attainment
/əˈteɪnmənt/
attainment noun: the act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion.
Noun
attainment (countable and uncountable, plural attainments)
- The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion.
- My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.
- Synonyms:
- accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attain
- That which is attained, or obtained by exertion.
- The scholar who had made so many attainments, knows now how small they were compared with what one glance into the spiritual glory has taught him.1860, National Preacher, volume 33, number 1, page 11
- The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book.1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 17
- Synonyms:
- accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attain
attainment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
attainment in Hindi
- act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- प्राप्ति prāpti
- that which is attained, or obtained by exertion
- संप्राप्ति samprāpti
attainment in Tamil
- எய்துதல், மேன்மையுறுதல், அடைவு, தேர்ச்சி, முயற்சியால் அடைதல், பேறு
attainment in Urdu
- ہنر, حصول, مبلغ
attainment in Bengali
- attainment
- অর্জন orjon, ভব bhobo
More languagesFewer languages
- attainment in Telugu
- ప్రాప్తి prāpti
- attainment in Malayalam
- സമ്പാദനം, നേടുന്നതിലുളള വിജയം
- attainment in Sanskrit
- प्राप्ति prāpti, आप्ति āpti, सम्पत्ति sampatti
- attainment in Persian
- نیل neyl, فضیلت fazilat
Examples of attainment in a sentence
- Programs of work should provide students the opportunities to demonstrate both academic and vocational competence attainment.
- And in so doing he reaches heights of attainment hard to discover anywhere else.
- Despite the prohibition on discrimination against women in the GFA, the prospects for effective attainment of women’s legal rights remain weak.
Synonyms of attainment
Forms of attainment
| plural | attainments |
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Origin of attainment
From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement.
Words formed from attainment
Questions about attainment
- What does attainment mean?
- Attainment means the act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion.
- What is attainment in Hindi?
- Attainment in Hindi is प्राप्ति (prāpti), संप्राप्ति (samprāpti). See Attainment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is attainment?
- Attainment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce attainment?
- Attainment is pronounced /əˈteɪnmənt/.
- What is the plural of attainment?
- The plural of attainment is attainments.
Words near attainment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attainment (page history and authors); attainment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attainment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অর্জন (Bengali) (page history and authors); ప్రాప్తి (Telugu) (page history and authors); attainment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आप्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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