attainment

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attainment

  • /əˈteɪnmənt/

Where it comes from

From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement.

noun attainments

  1. countable, uncountable The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion. My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.
  2. countable, uncountable That which is attained, or obtained by exertion. The scholar who had made so many attainments, knows now how small they were compared with what one glance into the spiritual glory has taught him.

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