attainment
pronunciation
How to pronounce attainment in British English: UK [əˈteɪnmənt]
How to pronounce attainment in American English: US [əˈteɪnmənt]
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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.
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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 .