"attainment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈteɪnmənt/ Audio: en-us-attainment.ogg [US] Forms: attainments [plural]
Etymology: From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}, {{af|en|attain|-ment}} attain + -ment, {{cog|fro|ataignement}} Old French ataignement Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} attainment (countable and uncountable, plural attainments)
  1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attain Translations (act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching): дасягне́нне (dasjahnjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), 達到 /达到 (dádào) (Chinese Mandarin), het verkrijgen van (Dutch), saavuttaminen (Finnish), pääseminen (Finnish), Erlangen [neuter] (German), Erreichen [neuter] (German), Erzielen [neuter] (German), Aneignung [feminine] (German), Verschaffung [feminine] (German), Erzielung [feminine] (German), प्राप्ति (prāpti) [feminine] (Hindi), atingo (Ido), 성과 (seonggwa) (Korean), 성취 (seongchwi) (Korean), 달성 (dalseong) (Korean), نیل (neyl) (Persian), zdobycie [neuter] (Polish), osiągnięcie [neuter] (Polish), conseguimento [masculine] (Portuguese), dobândire [feminine] (Romanian), obținere [feminine] (Romanian), câștigare [feminine] (Romanian), достиже́ние (dostižénije) [neuter] (Russian), ruigsinn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), consecución [feminine] (Spanish), conseguimiento [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. That which is attained, or obtained by exertion. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attain Translations (that which is attained, or obtained by exertion): постижение (postiženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), saavutus (Finnish), Errungenschaft [feminine] (German), Angeeignetes [neuter] (German), Verschafftes [neuter] (German), Erreichtes [neuter] (German), Erzieltes [neuter] (German), संप्राप्ति (samprāpti) [feminine] (Hindi), taeatanga (Māori), haumāuiui (Māori), فضیلت (fazilat) (Persian), zdobycz [feminine] (Polish), osiągnięcie [neuter] (Polish), conseguimento [masculine] (Portuguese), приобрете́ние (priobreténije) [neuter] (Russian), consecución [feminine] (Spanish), conseguimiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-attainment-en-noun-DmGmy5x- Disambiguation of 'that which is attained, or obtained by exertion': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonattainment, reattainment, unattainment, underattainment

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Errungenschaft"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
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      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
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      "word": "Erzieltes"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "samprāpti",
      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
      "word": "taeatanga"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
      "word": "haumāuiui"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "roman": "fazilat",
      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
      "word": "فضیلت"
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      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
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      "word": "zdobycz"
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      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "osiągnięcie"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "conseguimento"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "priobreténije",
      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
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      "word": "приобрете́ние"
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      "sense": "that which is attained, or obtained by exertion",
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      "word": "consecución"
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