Attainment

Definition: Attainment

Attainment

Noun

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.

Date "attainment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
AT	English	Attainment Target	Education
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Attainment

Synonyms: accomplishment (n), acquirement (n), acquisition (n), skill (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Learning	Noun: learning; acquisition of knowledge; acquisition of skill; acquirement, attainment; edification, scholarship, erudition; acquired knowledge, lore, wide information; self-instruction; study, reading, perusal; inquiry.
Skill	Accomplishment, acquirement, attainment; art, science; technicality, technology; practical knowledge, technical knowledge.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high attainment. Those who cannot do it will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven (The Lathe of Heaven; writing credit: Diane English; Ursula K. Le Guin)

Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection (The Scarlet Pimpernel; writing credit: William Bast; Baroness Emmuska Orczy)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood (reference) Bridges and Barriers: Earnings and Occupational Attainment Among Immigrants (New Americans) (reference) Goal Attainment Scaling: Applications, Theory, and Measurement (reference) Knowledge of Higher Worlds and Its Attainment (reference) My Attainment of the Pole (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Attainment (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Airman Basic Wendell Rush stands in front of his fellow airmen prior to basic military training graduation here Oct. 6. Rush, of Centralia, Ill., signed the 34,000th enlistment contract of fiscal 2000 in July, signifying the Air Force's attainment of its.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Count Leo Tolstoy	Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
Frank Lloyd Wright	Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred.
James Allen	To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.
Miguel De Cervantes	Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
Pindar	Zeus, accomplisher, to all grant grave restraint and attainment of sweet delight.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	The Communists fight for the attainment of the immediate aims, for the enforcement of the momentary interests of the working class; but in the movement of the present, they also represent and take care of the future of that movement. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	They recognise that differences of climate, habits, and customs, of economic opportunity and industrial tradition, make strict uniformity in the conditions of labour difficult of immediate attainment. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		For example, the low educational attainment that emerged as a risk factor in the study mentioned above may actually be a surrogate or marker for other deleterious socioeconomic or environmental influences in childhood. (references)
		Psychological stress from work or family problems, social cues (such as meeting individuals from one's drug-using past), or the environment (such as encountering streets, objects, or even smells associated with drug use) can interact with biological factors to hinder attainment of sustained abstinence and make relapse more likely. (references)
Business		In other words, the relative lack of financial resources and the amount of competition for those resources, prevents the attainment of comparable economies of scale. (references)
Children	Germany	The Government has set guidelines for the attainment of "barrier-free" public buildings and for modifications of streets and pedestrian traffic walks to accommodate persons with disabilities. (references)
	Burma	Rates of school attendance and educational attainment decreased during the year, largely due to increasing formal and informal school fees, as the junta diverted expenditures from health and education to the armed forces. (references)
Economic History	Liberia	Attainment of self-sufficiency, however, would require development of the sector. (references)
Human Rights	Costa Rica	The Rodriguez Administration continued implementation of the 1994 Police Code designed to depoliticize and professionalize the police force, and introduced legislation that became the Law for Strengthening the Civilian Police, which took effect on March 23. The new law amends the Police Code to replace military ranks with civilian titles, codifies a danger pay provision based on 18 percent of the base salary for officers, and establishes a promotion system linked to officers' educational attainment. (references)
Political Rights	Pakistan	Many Christian activists state that separate electorates are the greatest obstacle to the attainment of Christian religious and civil liberties. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The attainment of such a result will form an era in the history of our country which will be dwelt upon with delight by every true friend of its liberty and independence.
Warren G. Harding	1921-1923	We count upon her exercise of the full privileges and the performance of the duties of citizenship to speed the attainment of the highest state.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	There may be instances where the attainment of those objectives is delayed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Attainment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.58% of the time. "Attainment" is used about 866 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.58%	845	8,329
Noun (proper)	1.73%	15	90,616
Noun (common)	0.69%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	866	N/A

Expressions using "attainment": attainment area ♦ attainment targets. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "attainment": non-attainment.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "attainment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		arritje (accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, arrival, effort, reach, success). (various references)

Arabic		‏نيل, ‏المكسب, ‏المحرز (possessor), ‏التحقيق (realization), ‏بلوغ الهدف. (various references)

Bulgarian		придобивка (accession, acquest, acquirement, acquisition, asset, haul, purchase), постигане (achievement, effectuation, realization), постижение (accession, accomplishment, achievement, acquest, acquirement, acquisition, effort, performance), достигане (accession, achievement, arrival). (various references)

Chinese		达到 (Achieve, Achieved, Achieving). (various references)

Czech		znalosti (understanding), vymoženosti (convenience), nabýti, dosažení (accomplishment), docílení. (various references)

Danish		vurdering af,hvorledes bestemte former for nye indtaegter kan bidrage til,at de i afsnit 3 opstillede maal kan naas, (in assessing the contribution which particular forms of new resource can make to the attainment of the objectives set out in paragraph 3 above), rent omraade (attainment area, clean area, clean conditions area), Raadets Besluting om gennemfoerelse af hoej grad af overenstemmelse inden for den oekonomiske politik i Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskabs medlemsstater (convergence decision, Council Decision on the attainment of a high degree of convergence of the economic policies in the Member States of the E.E.C.), konvergensbeslutning (convergence decision, Council Decision on the attainment of a high degree of convergence of the economic policies in the Member States of the E.E.C.), gennemførelse af fuld og bedre beskæftigelse (attainment of full and better employment), foranstaltninger,der er egnede til at bringe virkeliggoerelsen af...i fare (any measure which could jeopardise the attainment of), etapevis gennemfoerelse af Den oekonomiske og monetaere Union (attainment by stages of economic and monetary union), disse foranstaltninger maa ikke stride mod de anfoerte maal (such measures shall not prejudice the attainment of the objectives set out), bringe virkeliggørelsen af traktatens målsætning i fare (to prejudice the attainment of the objectives of the treaty). (various references)

Dutch		alle maatregelen welke de verwezenlijking van...in gevaar kunnen brengen (any measure which could jeopardise the attainment of), verwezenlijking in etappes van de economische en monetaire unie (attainment by stages of economic and monetary union), kerndoelen (attainment targets), kerndoel (attainment targets), het bereiken van de strekking van het faillissement (securing attainment of the objectives of the bankruptcy), eindtoets Basisonderwijs (CITO attainment test, primary school leavers attainment test), eindtermen (attainment targets, exit qualifications, final qualifications), die maatregelen mogen geen inbreuk maken op de vermelde doeleinden (such measures shall not prejudice the attainment of the objectives set out), de verwezenlijking van de doestellingen van het Verdrag in gevaar brengen (to prejudice the attainment of the objectives of the treaty), Convergentiebesluit (convergence decision, Council Decision on the attainment of a high degree of convergence of the economic policies in the Member States of the E.E.C.), bij de bepaling van de bijdrage die bijzondere vormen van nieuwe middelen kunnen leveren tot het bereiken van de in paragraaf 3 uiteengezette doelstellingen, (in assessing the contribution which particular forms of new resource can make to the attainment of the objectives set out in paragraph 3 above), Beschikking van de Raad betreffende de verwezenlijking van een hoge mate aan convergentie van de economische politiek van de Lid-Staten van de E.E.G. (convergence decision, Council Decision on the attainment of a high degree of convergence of the economic policies in the Member States of the E.E.C.). (various references)

Finnish		saavutus (accomplishment, achievement, result). (various references)

French		atteinte, acquisition, achèvement, résultats, réalisation (attainability). (various references)

German		erreichung (achievement, attainability). (various references)

Greek		προσόν (asset, qualification, resource, virtue), επίτευγμα (pursuit), επίτευξη (achievement). (various references)

Hebrew		�"ש�'�" (acquirement, acquisition, comprehension, conception, objection, obtainment, perception, procurement, reach), �"ש�' (accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, exploit, feat, gain, record). (various references)

Hungarian		szerzemény (accession, acquest, acquisition, composition, gain, purchase), megszerzés (acquirement, acquisition, getting, obtestation, procuration, procurement), elérés (reach). (various references)

Indonesian		pencapaian (accession, accomplishment). (various references)

Italian		risultato (accrued, achievement, achievements, conclusion, consequence, effect, outcome, purpose, result, return, success, upshot), raggiungimento (achievement), conseguimento, conquista (achievement, conquest, seizure). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		力 (ability, agency, authority, capability, efficacy, emphasis, endeavors, energy, exertions, faculty, force, good offices, help, influence, means, might, power, resources, strength, stress, support, vigor). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ちから (ability, agency, authority, capability, efficacy, emphasis, endeavors, energy, exertions, faculty, force, good offices, help, influence, means, might, power, resources, strength, stress, support, vigor). (various references)

Korean		달성 (Accomplishing, Achieving, Attaining). (various references)

Manx		schlei (ability, adroitness, art, flair, forte, know-how, skill, talent, virtuosity), roshtynys (extent, reach). (various references)

Pig Latin		attainmentay.(various references)

Portuguese		resultado (aftermath, conclusion, consequent, count, effect, end, fruit, harvest, kirn, outcome, produce, progeny, pursuance, reflex, result, sequel, spawn), realização (accomplishment, achievement, acting, actualization, completion, consummation, execution, fruition, fulfillment, fulfilment, materialization, performance, prosecution, realization, transaction, working-out), obtenção (achievement, making, obtainment, procurement), consecução (fruition, procurement), conhecimento (acquaintance, awareness, background, cognition, cognizance, command, conscious, consciousness, conversance, familiarity, friend, idea, information, insight, instruction, intelligence, know, knowing, knowledge, learning, light, lore, manifest, perception, privity, scholarship, science), capacidade (ability, aptitude, aptness, art, bulk, capability, capacitance, competency, content, contents, coryphaeus, craft, cunning, efficiency, energy, faculty, fitness, genius, head, know-how, load, measure, part, power, proficiency, reach, room, size, tankage). (various references)

Romanian		aptitudini (making, part, qualification), realizare (accomplishment, achievement, execution, fruition, fulfilment, job, realization), obţinere (accession, contraction), dobândire (achievement, acquirement, acquisition, obtaining), cunoştinţã (acquaintance, cognizance, consciousness, notice). (various references)

Russian		достижение (accomplishment, achievement, breakthrough, progress). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		znanje (ken, know how, knowledge, lore, prudence), veština (ability, art, cleverness, craft, cunning, excellence, facility, knack, know how, masterliness, skill, subtlety, technique, wizardry, workmanship), tekovina (acquest, goods, heritage), postignuće. (various references)

Spanish		logro (accomplishment, achievement). (various references)

Swedish		uppnående, färdighet (accomplishment, acquirement, art, dexterity, proficiency, skill). (various references)

Turkish		ulaşma (access, accession), kazanma (achievement, acquirement, acquisition, earning, gaining, obtainment, win, winning), erişme (access, accession, reach), elde etme (enlistment, obtainment). (various references)

Ukrainian		надбання (acquisition, property), досягнення (accomplishment, achievement, arrival, break through, obtaining, obtainment, obtention, progress). (various references)

Vietnamese		tri thức (knowledge), học thức (acquirement, erudition, wisdom). (various references)

Welsh		cyr.haeddiad (reach). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adeptio, adeptus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "attainment": attainments. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Attainment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atanement, attornment, attunment. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "attainment" (pronounced utā"nmunt)
7	-t ā" n m u n t	containment, entertainment, infotainment.
6	-ā" n m u n t	arraignment.
5	-n m u n t	alignment, apportionment, abandonment, adjournment, adornment, assignment, atonement, confinement, consignment, imprisonment, discernment, disillusionment, enlightenment, environment, internment, misgovernment, nongovernment, postponement, realignment, reapportionment, reassignment, refinement.
4	-m u n t	aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, argument, armament, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjustment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assortment, astonishment, attachment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, reappointment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment.
3	-u n t	agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-n-t-t-t"
	-2 letters: titanate.
	-3 letters: amentia, animate, antiman, attaint, mannite, tannate.
	-4 letters: anemia, attain, attent, etamin, inmate, innate, intent, mattin, mitten, natant, taenia, tamein, tatami, tattie, tenant, tinman, tinmen, titman, titmen.
	-5 letters: amain, ament, amine, amnia, anent, anima, anime, antae, atman, entia, inane, manat, mania, manna, manta, matin, matte, meant, menta, minae, taint, tenia, tinea, titan.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-n-t-t-t"
	+1 letter: attainments.
	+3 letters: transmittance.
	+4 letters: transmittances.
	+5 letters: antepenultimate, antisentimental.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
attainment company	14
attainment concept	12
attainment	10
attainment bastian company don	7
attainment company net worth	6
goal attainment scaling	5
attainment concept model	5
educational attainment	4
attainment goal	4
attainment concept lesson plan	4
non attainment area	3
attainment concept research	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Attainment

Definition: Attainment

Attainment

Noun

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Attainment

Synonyms: Attainment

Synonyms within Context: Attainment

Learning

Skill

Crosswords: Attainment

Modern Usage: Attainment

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Music

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Count Leo Tolstoy

Frank Lloyd Wright

James Allen

Miguel De Cervantes

Pindar

Historic Usage: Attainment

Communist Manifesto

Treaty of Versailles

Non-Fiction Usage: Attainment

Speeches: Attainment

James Monroe

Andrew Jackson

Warren G. Harding

Harry S. Truman

Usage Frequency: Attainment

Expression: Attainment

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Attainment

Modern Translation: Attainment

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