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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈteɪnəb(ə)l/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-uk-attainable.oga Forms: more attainable [comparative], most attainable [superlative]
Etymology: From attain + -able. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}, {{suffix|en|attain|able}} attain + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} attainable (comparative more attainable, superlative most attainable)
  1. Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained. Derived forms: attainability, attainableness, attainable region theory, attainably, unattainability, unattainable, unattainableness, unattainably Related terms: attain, attainer, attainment, nonattainment Translations (able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained): достижим (dostižim) (Bulgarian), постижим (postižim) (Bulgarian), atingebla (Esperanto), saavutettava (Finnish), saavutettavissa oleva (Finnish), réalisable (French), atteignable (French), erreichbar (German), verwirklichbar (German), επιτευκτός (epitefktós) (Greek), εφικτός (efiktós) (Greek), ottenibile (Italian), raggiungibile (Italian), realizzabile (Italian), impetrābilis (Latin), rarawe (Maori), atingível (Portuguese), alcançável (Portuguese), realizável (Portuguese), достижи́мый (dostižímyj) [masculine] (Russian), достижи́мая (dostižímaja) [feminine] (Russian), достижи́мое (dostižímoje) [neuter] (Russian), dostižno [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), izvedivo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), alcanzable (Spanish), realizable (Spanish), asequible (Spanish), uppnåelig (Swedish), realistisk (Swedish)
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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈteɪnəb(ə)l/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-uk-attainable.oga Forms: attainables [plural]
Etymology: From attain + -able. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}, {{suffix|en|attain|able}} attain + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} attainable (plural attainables)
  1. Something that can be attained.
    Sense id: en-attainable-en-noun-z-HxIdR8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Chriſtians, this aſſuring Faith is attainable; pray for it, and vigorouſly preſs after it that you may be ſealed up unto the day of Redemption, that ſo an Entrance may be miniſtred unto you, into the everlaſting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, [...].",
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          "text": "He even neglected to open his Apprehenſions to Livia, leſt ſhe ſhould be ſo much alarmed, as to be upon her Guard, and thereby render the Enjoyment of his Pleaſures more ſeldom attainable.",
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          "ref": "1804 August, “Art. 40. Military Observations Respecting Ireland, Its Attack and Defence, […] Dublin. 1804. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume XLIV, London: Printed by Strahan and Preston, […]; and sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 434:",
          "text": "He [...] invites Britain to treat her sister island with kindness and confidence. He deems peace attainable, and thinks that the interests of the empire require that it should be sought.",
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          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “A Squeeze of the Hand”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 464:",
          "text": "For now, since by many prolonged, repeated experiences, I have perceived that in all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit of attainable felicity; not placing it anywhere in the intellect or the fancy; but in the wife, the heart, the bed, the table, the saddle, the fire-side, the country; now that I have perceived all this, I am ready to squeeze case eternally.",
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          "text": "Her [Kate Spade's] name became a shorthand for the cute, clever bags that were an instant hit with cosmopolitan women in the early stages of their careers and, later, young girls – status symbols of a more attainable, all-American sort than a Fendi clutch or Chanel bag.",
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          "ref": "1679, John Fox, “How Time Must be Redeemed”, in Time and the End of Time, in Two Discourses; […], London: Printed by William Rawlins, and are to be sold by George Calvert […], and Samuel Sprint […], →OCLC, pages 24–25:",
          "text": "Chriſtians, this aſſuring Faith is attainable; pray for it, and vigorouſly preſs after it that you may be ſealed up unto the day of Redemption, that ſo an Entrance may be miniſtred unto you, into the everlaſting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1754, [William Guthrie], “Book II”, in The Friends. A Sentimental History: Describing Love as a Virtue, as well as a Passion. In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for T. Waller, […], →OCLC, page 55:",
          "text": "He even neglected to open his Apprehenſions to Livia, leſt ſhe ſhould be ſo much alarmed, as to be upon her Guard, and thereby render the Enjoyment of his Pleaſures more ſeldom attainable.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1804 August, “Art. 40. Military Observations Respecting Ireland, Its Attack and Defence, […] Dublin. 1804. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume XLIV, London: Printed by Strahan and Preston, […]; and sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 434:",
          "text": "He [...] invites Britain to treat her sister island with kindness and confidence. He deems peace attainable, and thinks that the interests of the empire require that it should be sought.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “A Squeeze of the Hand”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 464:",
          "text": "For now, since by many prolonged, repeated experiences, I have perceived that in all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit of attainable felicity; not placing it anywhere in the intellect or the fancy; but in the wife, the heart, the bed, the table, the saddle, the fire-side, the country; now that I have perceived all this, I am ready to squeeze case eternally.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 June 5, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Vanessa Friedman, Matthew Schneier, “Kate Spade, whose handbags carried women into adulthood, is dead at 55”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-06-06:",
          "text": "Her [Kate Spade's] name became a shorthand for the cute, clever bags that were an instant hit with cosmopolitan women in the early stages of their careers and, later, young girls – status symbols of a more attainable, all-American sort than a Fendi clutch or Chanel bag.",
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        }
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        "Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained."
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          "obtain",
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/əˈteɪnəb(ə)l/",
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        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dostižim",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "достижим"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postižim",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "постижим"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "atingebla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "saavutettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "saavutettavissa oleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "réalisable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "atteignable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "erreichbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "verwirklichbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epitefktós",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "επιτευκτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "efiktós",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "εφικτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "ottenibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "raggiungibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "realizzabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "impetrābilis"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "rarawe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "atingível"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "alcançável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "realizável"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostižímyj",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "достижи́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostižímaja",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "достижи́мая"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostižímoje",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "достижи́мое"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dostižno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "izvedivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "alcanzable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "realizable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "asequible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "uppnåelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained",
      "word": "realistisk"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English terms suffixed with -able",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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          "ref": "1719, John Guyse, “The Preface”, in Jesus Christ God-man: Or, The Constitution of Christ’s Person, with the Evidence and Importance of the Doctrine of His True and Proper Godhead. […], London: Printed for R[obert] Cruttenden, […], →OCLC, page vi:",
          "text": "In this Account God gives of himſelf, there's a beautiful Variety of the moſt uſeful and noble Attainables, to excite our greatest Diligence, [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1969, Dimensions in American Judaism, New York, N.Y: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, →OCLC, page 11, column 2; republished in Murray Friedman, editor, Overcoming Middle Class Rage, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Westminster Press, 1971, →ISBN, page 223:",
          "text": "So is good housing and medical care and all the other attainables which lead to a better life. But we've allowed these common goals to be compartmentalized and labeled for \"special\" groups only.",
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        }
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}

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