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reattaining

reattaining is the present participle and gerund of reattain.

Meaning of reattain

Verb

reattain (third-person singular simple present reattains, present participle reattaining, simple past and past participle reattained)

  1. To attain again.
    • On balance, it would seem fair to say that the standards of 1939 were about equalled, being not yet reattained in some respects but excelled in others.1956 September, S. C. Crowther-Smith, “Exile's Return”, in Railway Magazine, page 586

Questions about reattaining

What is reattaining the present participle and gerund of?
Reattaining is the present participle and gerund of reattain.

Words near reattaining in the dictionary

  1. reattacked
  2. reattacking
  3. reattacks
  4. reattain
  5. reattained
  6. reattaining
  7. reattainment
  8. reattainments
  9. reattains
  10. reattempt
  11. reattempted

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