2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attainment \At*tain"ment\, n.
1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching;
hence the act of obtaining by efforts.
The attainment of every desired object. --Sir W.
Jones.
2. That which is attained to or obtained by exertion;
acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements;
knowledge; as literary and scientific attainments.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
attainment
n 1: the act of achieving an aim "the attainment of
independence"
2: arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was
delayed by malnutrition"
3: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill},
{accomplishment}, {acquirement}, {acquisition}]
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