attain

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ataindre, from Old French, from Latin attingō.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪn

Verb

attain (third-person singular simple present attains, present participle attaining, simple past and past participle attained)

1. (transitive) To accomplish; to achieve.

   To attain such a high level of proficiency requires hours of practice each day.

Translations

to accomplish; to achieve

• Bulgarian: постигам (цел), добирам се до, осъществявам
• Catalan: aconseguir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達到 (cmn), 达到 (cmn) (dádào)

• Dutch: bereiken (nl), realiseren (nl)
• Finnish: saavuttaa (fi)
• French: atteindre (fr)
• German: erreichen (de), erlangen (de)
• Greek: πετυχαίνω (el) (petychaíno), επιτυγχάνω (el) (epityncháno), κατορθώνω (el) (katorthóno)
• Hungarian: elér (hu)
• Interlingua: attinger (ia)

• Irish: ionsaigh (ga)
• Japanese: 到る (ja) (いたる, itaru), 達成する (ja) (たっせいする, tassei suru)
• Latin: teneo (la)
• Norwegian: oppnå (no)
• Portuguese: atingir (pt), efetuar (pt), cumprir (pt)
• Romanian: a obtine, a realiza
• Russian: добиваться (ru) (dobivátʹsja) impf., добиться (ru) (dobítʹsja), достигать (ru) (dostigátʹ) impf., достичь (ru) (dostíčʹ) pf., достигнуть (ru) (dostígnutʹ) pf.
• Slovak: dosiahnuť (sk)
• Spanish: lograr (es), conseguir (es)