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attainto succeed in achieving something, especially with effort

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to succeed in achieving something, especially with effort

Pronunciation (IPA): /əˈteɪn/

Korean meaning: 달성하다, 성취하다

Korean pronunciation: 어**테**인

Example Sentences

  • He finally attained his dream of opening a pizza restaurant, but now he's tired of eating pizza every day.
  • The company hopes to attain carbon neutrality by 2030.
  • After 20 years of practice, she attained the ability to fall asleep anywhere within 30 seconds.

attain

VERB

//əˈteɪn//

to succeed in achieving something, especially with effort

attain concept
💡 Concept

to succeed in achieving something, especially with effort

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/əˈteɪn/
🇬🇧 UK/əˈteɪn/

🌳Etymology

Prefixat--
Root-tain

Origin

From Old French 'atteindre', derived from Latin 'attingere', meaning 'to touch' or 'to reach'. The prefix 'ad-' means 'to' and 'tangere' means 'to touch', eventually evolving to mean 'to achieve or accomplish'.

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🎵Rhyme

obtainmaintainretaincontainsustain
obtain
maintain
retain
contain
sustain

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

He finally attained his dream of opening a pizza restaurant, but now he's tired of eating pizza every day.

The company hopes to attain carbon neutrality by 2030.

😄 Fun example

After 20 years of practice, she attained the ability to fall asleep anywhere within 30 seconds.

Students must attain a minimum score of 80 to pass the course.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

achieveaccomplishreachobtaingain

Antonyms

failloseabandon

Related

maintaincontainretainsustainpursuitgoal