attainment

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    the act of achieving an aim
    arrival at a new stage
    an ability that has been acquired by training

Word Origin

attainment (n.)
late 14c., "encroachment" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French ataignement (Modern French atteignement), from ataindre; see attain. Meaning "action of attaining" is from 1540s; sense of "that which is attained, personal accomplishment" dates from 1670s.

Antonym

n.

failure

Example

1. We found no similar gap in educational attainment for overweight men .
2. Educational development is measured as a combination of attainment - adult literacy - and opportunity - enrolment .
3. Write them down on a piece of paper and make sure the success of their attainment is measurable .
4. Americans once led the world in educational attainment , but this is now barely rising while other countries have caught up ( see article ) .
5. There is a space between man 's imagination and man 's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing .

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