an achievement or the act of achieving; accomplishment
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
at•tain•ment /əˈteɪnmənt/USA pronunciation
n. something attained;
achievement;
accomplishment:[countable]professional attainments.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- [uncountable] the act or process of attaining:the attainment of independence.
achievement;
accomplishment:[countable]professional attainments.
at•tain•ment
(ə tān′mənt),USA pronunciation n.
- an act of attaining.
- something attained;
a personal acquirement;
achievement.
- Middle English attenement. See attain, -ment 1350–1400
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accomplishment.
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'attainment' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Buddhahood
- NCEA
- National Curriculum
- School of Mind
- Third International
- Twelve Step
- abreast
- achievement
- acquirement
- ambition
- apperception
- arrival
- attainment target
- avenue
- boast
- class
- crowning
- desire
- end
- excel
- feminism
- fruition
- gain
- grade point average
- happiness
- know
- level of attainment
- mark
- nisus
- opportunity
- plane
- profile component
- quality
- sky
- standard assessment tasks
- statehooder
- step
- success
- summit
- tie
- title
- touch
- up
- wish
- youth