C2

attain

Meaning

  1. To gain (an object or desired result).
  2. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
  3. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
  4. (obsolete) To get at the knowledge of.
  5. (obsolete) To reach in excellence or degree.
  6. (obsolete) To reach a person after being behind them.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈteɪn/

English

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