ALL meanings of attain
at·tain
A a - verb attain If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort. 3
- verb attain If you attain a particular state or condition, you may reach it as a result of natural development or work hard to attain this state. 3
- verb attain to achieve or accomplish (a task, goal, aim, etc) 3
- verb attain to reach or arrive at in space or time 3
- verb attain to arrive (at) with effort or exertion 3
- verb transitive attain to gain through effort; accomplish; achieve 3
- verb transitive attain to reach or come to; arrive at 3
- intransitive verb attain to succeed in reaching or coming (to a goal) 3
- transitive verb attain achieve, accomplish 1
- transitive verb attain reach 1
- abbreviation ATTAIN achieve 1
- verb with object attain to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals. 1
- verb with object attain to come to or arrive at, especially after some labor or tedium; reach: to attain the age of 96; to attain the mountain peak. 1
- verb without object attain to arrive at or succeed in reaching or obtaining something (usually followed by to or unto): to attain to knowledge. 1
- verb without object attain to reach in the course of development or growth: These trees attain to remarkable height. 1
- noun attain Succeed in achieving (something that one desires and has worked for). 1
- verb attain (Transitive Verb) To accomplish; to achieve. 0
- verb attain To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. 0
- verb attain (Transitive Verb) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at. 0
- verb attain (Intransitive Verb) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach. 0
- verb attain To reach in excellence or degree; to equal. 0
- verb attain (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To overtake. 0