"attain" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈteɪn/ Audio: en-us-attain.ogg [US] Forms: attains [present, singular, third-person], attaining [participle, present], attained [participle, past], attained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Anglo-Norman ataindre, from Old French, from Latin attingō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}, {{der|en|xno|ataindre}} Anglo-Norman ataindre, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|attingō}} Latin attingō Head templates: {{en-verb}} attain (third-person singular simple present attains, present participle attaining, simple past and past participle attained)
  1. (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result). Tags: transitive Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, get Translations (to accomplish; to achieve): ἐπιτυγχάνω (epitunkhánō) (Ancient Greek), أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba) (Arabic), постигам (alt: цел) (Bulgarian), добирам се до (Bulgarian), осъществявам (osǎštestvjavam) (Bulgarian), aconseguir (Catalan), 達到 (Chinese Mandarin), 达到 (dádào) (Chinese Mandarin), bereiken (Dutch), realiseren (Dutch), atingi (Esperanto), saavuttaa (Finnish), atteindre (French), atinguir (Galician), abranguer (Galician), atanguer (Galician), atinxir (Galician), erreichen (German), erlangen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (gasniwan) (Gothic), πετυχαίνω (petychaíno) (Greek), επιτυγχάνω (epityncháno) (Greek), κατορθώνω (katorthóno) (Greek), hupyty (Guaraní), elér (Hungarian), atingar (Ido), attinger (Interlingua), ionsaigh (Irish), sroich (Irish), raggiungere (Italian), ottenere (Italian), attenere (Italian), 到る (itaru) (alt: いたる) (Japanese), 達成する (tassei suru) (alt: たっせいする) (Japanese), teneo (Latin), potior (Latin), oppnå (Norwegian), نایل شدن (nâyel šodan) (Persian), osiągać [imperfective] (Polish), osiągnąć [perfective] (Polish), atingir (Portuguese), alcançar (Portuguese), efetuar (Portuguese), cumprir (Portuguese), obtine (Romanian), realiza (Romanian), добива́ться (dobivátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), доби́ться (dobítʹsja) (Russian), достига́ть (dostigátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), дости́чь (dostíčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), дости́гнуть (dostígnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), साध्नोति (sādhnoti) (Sanskrit), dosiahnuť (Slovak), lograr (Spanish), conseguir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-attain-en-verb-X93~-W0z Disambiguation of 'to accomplish; to achieve': 84 5 4 3 1 3
  2. (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-attain-en-verb-QE0q1jmG
  3. (intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: get, reach
    Sense id: en-attain-en-verb-PMAqrcOT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 6 65 4 6 12
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To get at the knowledge of. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: ascertain
    Sense id: en-attain-en-verb-XR6-Bt~D
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To reach in excellence or degree. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: equal
    Sense id: en-attain-en-verb-vPMgoV7D
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To reach a person after being behind them. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: catch up with, overtake
    Sense id: en-attain-en-verb-b~UHQTYL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: attainable Related terms: attainder, attainment, attaint, attainture

Inflected forms

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          "text": "To attain such a high level of proficiency requires hours of practice each day.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, New York: Harcourt, Brace, published 1958, Part 1, Chapter 5, p. 82",
          "text": "[S]olitude is never easy to attain in a working-class home",
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          "ref": "2007, Mohsin Hamid, chapter 11, in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Orlando: Harcourt, page 157",
          "text": "Where else could I […] hope to attain such an impressive income?",
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          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "постигам"
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          "word": "добирам се до"
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          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "osǎštestvjavam",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "осъществявам"
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          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "aconseguir"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "達到"
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          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
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          "roman": "dádào",
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          "word": "saavuttaa"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "atteindre"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "atinguir"
        },
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "abranguer"
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          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "erreichen"
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          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "erlangen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "gasniwan",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "petychaíno",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "πετυχαίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epityncháno",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "επιτυγχάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katorthóno",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "κατορθώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "epitunkhánō",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "ἐπιτυγχάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "gn",
          "lang": "Guaraní",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "hupyty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "elér"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "atingar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "attinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "ionsaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "sroich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "raggiungere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "ottenere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "attenere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "alt": "いたる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "itaru",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "到る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "alt": "たっせいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tassei suru",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "達成する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "teneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "potior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "oppnå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâyel šodan",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "نایل شدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "osiągać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "osiągnąć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "atingir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "alcançar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "efetuar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "cumprir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "obtine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "realiza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dobivátʹsja",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "добива́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dobítʹsja",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "доби́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dostigátʹ",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "достига́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dostíčʹ",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "дости́чь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dostígnutʹ",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "дости́гнуть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sādhnoti",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "साध्नोति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "dosiahnuť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "lograr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 5 4 3 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
          "word": "conseguir"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.)."
      ],
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        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "arrive",
          "arrive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 65 4 6 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "text": "1782, William Cowper, letter to Joseph Hill dated 11 November, 1782, in Private Correspondence of William Cowper, London: Henry Colburn, 1824, Volume 1, p. 222,\nYou may not, perhaps, live to see your trees attain to the dignity of timber—I, nevertheless, approve of your planting, and the disinterested spirit that prompts you to it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People, London: Macmillan, Chapter 2, Section 6, p. 90",
          "text": "Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this,",
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        "To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc."
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        [
          "come",
          "come"
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        [
          "growth",
          "growth"
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        [
          "exertion",
          "exertion"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get"
        },
        {
          "word": "reach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To get at the knowledge of."
      ],
      "id": "en-attain-en-verb-XR6-Bt~D",
      "links": [
        [
          "get at",
          "get at"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To get at the knowledge of."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ascertain"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach in excellence or degree."
      ],
      "id": "en-attain-en-verb-vPMgoV7D",
      "links": [
        [
          "excellence",
          "excellence"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To reach in excellence or degree."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "equal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach a person after being behind them."
      ],
      "id": "en-attain-en-verb-b~UHQTYL",
      "links": [
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To reach a person after being behind them."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "catch up with"
        },
        {
          "word": "overtake"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/əˈteɪn/"
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₂g- (touch)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪn",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪn/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "attainable"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "root"
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      "word": "attainment"
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      "categories": [
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "To attain such a high level of proficiency requires hours of practice each day.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, New York: Harcourt, Brace, published 1958, Part 1, Chapter 5, p. 82",
          "text": "[S]olitude is never easy to attain in a working-class home",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964 July, S. W. Smart, “The Southern needs no centralised Control”, in Modern Railways, page 50",
          "text": "But an absolutely right time arrival of all trains on the same day is never attained.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Mohsin Hamid, chapter 11, in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Orlando: Harcourt, page 157",
          "text": "Where else could I […] hope to attain such an impressive income?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gain (an object or desired result)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gain",
          "gain"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To gain (an object or desired result)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "accomplish"
        },
        {
          "word": "achieve"
        },
        {
          "word": "get"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "reach"
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        [
          "come to",
          "come to"
        ],
        [
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          "progression"
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        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
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          "arrive",
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        "(transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.)."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "1782, William Cowper, letter to Joseph Hill dated 11 November, 1782, in Private Correspondence of William Cowper, London: Henry Colburn, 1824, Volume 1, p. 222,\nYou may not, perhaps, live to see your trees attain to the dignity of timber—I, nevertheless, approve of your planting, and the disinterested spirit that prompts you to it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People, London: Macmillan, Chapter 2, Section 6, p. 90",
          "text": "Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this,",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc."
      ],
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          "come"
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        [
          "growth",
          "growth"
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        [
          "exertion",
          "exertion"
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        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get"
        },
        {
          "word": "reach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get at the knowledge of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get at",
          "get at"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To get at the knowledge of."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ascertain"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach in excellence or degree."
      ],
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          "excellence",
          "excellence"
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          "degree",
          "degree"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To reach in excellence or degree."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "equal"
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach a person after being behind them."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "behind"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To reach a person after being behind them."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "catch up with"
        },
        {
          "word": "overtake"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/əˈteɪn/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    },
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        "US"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaṣāba",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "أَصَابَ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "цел",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "постигам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "добирам се до"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osǎštestvjavam",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "осъществявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "aconseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "達到"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dádào",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "达到"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "bereiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "realiseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "atingi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "saavuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "atteindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "atinguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "abranguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "atanguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "atinxir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "erreichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "erlangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gasniwan",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "petychaíno",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "πετυχαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epityncháno",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "επιτυγχάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katorthóno",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "κατορθώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epitunkhánō",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "ἐπιτυγχάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "hupyty"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "elér"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "atingar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "attinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "ionsaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "sroich"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "raggiungere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "ottenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "attenere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いたる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "itaru",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "到る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たっせいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tassei suru",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "達成する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "teneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "potior"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "oppnå"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâyel šodan",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "نایل شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "osiągać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "osiągnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "atingir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "alcançar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "efetuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "cumprir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "obtine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "realiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobivátʹsja",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "добива́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobítʹsja",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "доби́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostigátʹ",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "достига́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostíčʹ",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дости́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostígnutʹ",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дости́гнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sādhnoti",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "साध्नोति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "dosiahnuť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "lograr"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to accomplish; to achieve",
      "word": "conseguir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "attain"
}

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