attainment

English

Etymology

From attain +‎ -ment; compare Old French ataignement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈteɪnmənt/

• Audio (US):

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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.

   Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, (dated or archaic) attain

   My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.

2. That which is attained, or obtained by exertion.

   Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, (dated or archaic) attain

   • 1860, National Preacher, volume 33, number 1, page 11:

     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.

   • 1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 17:

     The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book.

Derived terms

• nonattainment
• reattainment
• unattainment
• underattainment

Translations

act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching

• Belarusian: дасягне́нне n (dasjahnjénnje)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達到 / 达到 (zh) (dádào)

• Dutch: het verkrijgen van
• Finnish: saavuttaminen (fi), pääseminen (fi)
• German: Erlangen (de) n, Erreichen (de) n, Erzielen n, Aneignung (de) f, Verschaffung (de) f, Erzielung f
• Hindi: प्राप्ति (hi) f (prāpti)
• Ido: atingo (io)
• Korean: 성과 (ko) (seonggwa), 성취 (ko) (seongchwi), 달성 (ko) (dalseong)
• Persian: نیل (fa) (neyl)
• Polish: zdobycie (pl) n, osiągnięcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: conseguimento m
• Romanian: dobândire (ro) f, obținere (ro) f, câștigare (ro) f
• Russian: достиже́ние (ru) n (dostižénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ruigsinn f
• Spanish: logro (es) m, consecución (es) f, realización (es) f

that which is attained, or obtained by exertion — see also acquirement,‎ acquisition

• Bulgarian: постижение (bg) n (postiženie)
• Finnish: saavutus (fi)
• German: Errungenschaft (de) f, Angeeignetes n, Verschafftes n, Erreichtes n, Erzieltes n
• Hindi: संप्राप्ति (hi) f (samprāpti)
• Māori: taeatanga, haumāuiui
• Persian: فضیلت (fa) (fazilat)
• Polish: zdobycz (pl) f, osiągnięcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: conseguimento m
• Russian: приобрете́ние (ru) n (priobreténije)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “attainment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.