Meanings
plural attainments
- countableuncountableThe act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion.
My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.
Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attain
- countableuncountableThat which is attained, or obtained by exertion.
The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book.
1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 171 more example
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.
1860, National Preacher, volume 33, number 1, page 11Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attain
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion.
nounThat which is attained, or obtained by exertion.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan ability that has been acquired by training
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian постижение
- постижение (postiženie)that which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Chinese Mandarin 達到 /达到
- 達到 /达到 (dádào)act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
Dutch het verkrijgen van
- het verkrijgen vanact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
Finnish saavuttaminen, pääseminen
- saavuttaminenact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- pääseminenact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- saavutusthat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
German Erlangen, Erreichen
- Erlangenact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- Erreichenact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- Erzielenact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- Aneignungact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- Verschaffungact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- Erzielungact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- Errungenschaftthat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
- Angeeignetesthat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
- Verschafftesthat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
- Erreichtesthat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
- Erzieltesthat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Hindi प्राप्ति, संप्राप्ति
- प्राप्ति (prāpti)act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- संप्राप्ति (samprāpti)that which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Korean 성과, 성취
- 성과 (seonggwa)act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- 성취 (seongchwi)act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- 달성 (dalseong)act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
Māori taeatanga, haumāuiui
- taeatangathat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
- haumāuiuithat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Persian نیل, فضیلت
- نیل (neyl)act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- فضیلت (fazilat)that which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Polish zdobycie, osiągnięcie
- zdobycieact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- osiągnięcieact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- zdobyczthat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
- osiągnięciethat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Portuguese conseguimento, conseguimento
- conseguimentoact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- conseguimentothat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Romanian dobândire, obținere
- dobândireact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- obținereact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- câștigareact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
Russian достиже́ние, приобрете́ние
- достиже́ние (dostižénije)act of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- приобрете́ние (priobreténije)that which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Scottish Gaelic ruigsinn
- ruigsinnact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
Spanish consecución, conseguimiento
- consecuciónact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- conseguimientoact of attaining; act of arriving at or reaching
- consecuciónthat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
- conseguimientothat which is attained, or obtained by exertion
Cite this entry
attainment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attainment
“attainment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attainment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attainment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attainment.
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