attain

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈteɪn/
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• rhymes with -eɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 T EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is derived from Middle English atteinen, atteynen (“to achieve, attain; to be adequate or sufficient; to affect; to come or get to (a place), reach; to corrupt, taint; to overcome, overpower; to overtake; to succeed; to tamper with; (law) to bring to justice, punish”), from ataign-, a stem of Anglo-Norman ataindre, and Old French ataindre, attaindre (“to reach”) (modern French atteindre), from Vulgar Latin *attangere, from Latin attingere, the present active infinitive of attingō (“to come into contact with, touch; to affect; to arrive at, reach; etc.”), from ad- (prefix indicating a nearing or reaching) (appearing as at- due to assimilation with the following t, inducing gemination) + tangō (“to grasp, touch; to arrive at, reach; to attain; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh2g- (“to grasp; to touch”)). Doublet of attainder and attinge. The noun is derived from the verb.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Bulgarian: добирам се до (dobiram se do) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Bulgarian: осъществявам (osǎštestvjavam) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Bulgarian: постигам (postigam) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Catalan: aconseguir — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Chinese Mandarin: 達到 /达到 (dádào) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Czech: docílit — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Czech: dosáhnout — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Czech: získat — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Dutch: bereiken — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Dutch: realiseren — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Esperanto: atingi — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Finnish: saavuttaa — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• French: atteindre — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Galician: abranguer — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Galician: atanguer — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Galician: atinguir — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Galician: atinxir — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• German: erlangen — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• German: erreichen — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• German: erringen — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (gasniwan) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Greek: επιτυγχάνω (epityncháno) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Greek: κατορθώνω (katorthóno) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Greek: πετυχαίνω (petychaíno) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιτυγχάνω (epitunkhánō) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Hungarian: elér — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Ido: atingar — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Interlingua: attinger — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Irish: ionsaigh — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Irish: sroich — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Italian: attenere — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Italian: ottenere — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Italian: raggiungere — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Japanese: 到る (itaru) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Japanese: 達成する (tassei suru) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Latin: potior — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Latin: teneo — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Norwegian: oppnå — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Persian: نایل شدن (nâyel šodan) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Polish: osiągać — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Polish: osiągnąć — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Portuguese: atingir — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Portuguese: alcançar — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Portuguese: cumprir — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Portuguese: efetuar — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Romanian: obtine — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Romanian: realiza — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Russian: добива́ться (dobivátʹsja) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Russian: доби́ться (dobítʹsja) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Russian: достига́ть (dostigátʹ) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Russian: дости́чь (dostíčʹ) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Russian: дости́гнуть (dostígnutʹ) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Sanskrit: साध्नोति (sādhnoti) — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Slovak: dosiahnuť — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Spanish: alcanzar — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Spanish: conseguir — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Spanish: granjear — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve
• Spanish: lograr — (transitive) to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort — see also accomplish, achieve