What does attainment mean?
Definitions for attainment
əˈteɪn məntat·tain·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
attainmentnoun
the act of achieving an aim
"the attainment of independence"
attainmentnoun
arrival at a new stage
"his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition"
skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainmentnoun
an ability that has been acquired by training
Wiktionary
attainmentnoun
The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
attainmentnoun
That which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Attainmentnoun
Etymology: from attain.
We dispute with men that count it a great attainment to be able to talk much, and little to the purpose. Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis.
Our attainments are mean, compared with the perfection of the universe. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, b. ii.
The Scripture must be sufficient to imprint in us the character of all things necessary for the attainment of eternal life. Richard Hooker, b. v.
Education in extent, more large, of time shorter, and of attainment more certain. John Milton, on Education.
Government is an art above the attainment of an ordinary genius. South.
If the same actions be the instruments, both of acquiring fame and procuring this happiness, they would nevertheless fail in the attainment of this last end, if they proceeded from a desire of the first. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 257.
The great care of God for our salvation must appear in the concern he expressed for our attainment of it. John Rogers.
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attainment
Attainment refers to the achievement or accomplishment of a goal, objective, or a high position after a period of effort and pursuit. It can also refer to reaching a certain level of knowledge, skill, or competence in a particular field.
Webster Dictionary
Attainmentnoun
the act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts
Attainmentnoun
that which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments
Editors Contribution
attainment
To achieve a goal.
The attainment of a goal is a successful achievement.
Submitted by MaryC on March 12, 2020
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of attainment in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of attainment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of attainment in a Sentence
We know very clearly that things such as educational attainment, access and utilization of things like tobacco, physical inactivity, nutrition, the location of if they have access to things like grocery stores, all those things matter at the county level and at the local level.
Ernest Hemingway, in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech:
For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin.
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modeled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object of his being.
When possession of wealth or splendors brings happiness, it is an illusion. When attainment of certain mental state brings happiness, it is a real possession.
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- дасягне́ннеBelarusian
- επίτευξηGreek
- consecución, realización, logroSpanish
- فضیلتPersian
- saavutus, pääseminen, saavuttaminenFinnish
- ruigsinnScottish Gaelic
- प्राप्तिHindi
- pencapaianIndonesian
- atingoIdo
- השגהHebrew
- consequendumLatin
- taeatanga, haumāuiuiMāori
- osiągnięciePolish
- metaPortuguese
- достижение, приобретениеRussian
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