attainment

English

Etymology

From attain +‎ -ment; compare Old French ataignement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈteɪnmənt/

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Noun

attainment (countable and uncountable, plural attainments)

1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.

   Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, acquirement

   My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.

2. That which is attained, or obtained by exertion.

   Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, acquirement

   • 1860, National Preacher, volume 33, number 1, page 11:

     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.

Derived terms

• nonattainment
• reattainment
• unattainment
• underattainment

Translations

the act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching

Belarusian: дасягне́нне n (dasjahnjénnje) Chinese: Mandarin: 達到 / 达到 (zh) (dádào) Dutch: het verkrijgen van Finnish: saavuttaminen (fi), pääseminen (fi) German: Erlangen (de) n, Erreichen (de) n, Erzielen n, Aneignung (de) f, Verschaffung (de) f, Erzielung f Ido: atingo (io) Korean: 성과 (ko) (seonggwa), 성취 (ko) (seongchwi), 달성 (ko) (dalseong) Persian: نیل (fa) (neyl) Portuguese: conseguimento m Romanian: dobândire (ro) f, obținere (ro) f, câștigare (ro) f Russian: достиже́ние (ru) n (dostižénije) Scottish Gaelic: ruigsinn f Spanish: logro (es) m, consecución (es) f, realización (es) f

that which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement

Bulgarian: постижение (bg) n (postiženie) Finnish: saavutus (fi) German: Errungenschaft (de) f, Angeeignetes n, Verschafftes n, Erreichtes n, Erzieltes n Maori: taeatanga, haumāuiui Persian: فضیلت (fa) (fazilat) Portuguese: conseguimento m Russian: приобрете́ние (ru) n (priobreténije)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “attainment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.