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Verb
attain - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
achieve, accomplish, reach
deliver the goods, bring home the bacon, succeed, come through, win be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
score make underscoring marks
progress to, get to, reach, make arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"
begin set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
come to, strike return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"
culminate rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
compass bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"
average compute the average of
finagle, wangle, manage achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
attain - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
reach, make, hit, arrive at, gain
locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
catch up learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology"
surmount, scale be on top of; "The scarf surmounted the gown"
access, get at reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof"
bottom out hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"
peak, top out to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
summit, breast reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
top finish up or conclude; "They topped off their dinner with a cognac"; "top the evening with champagne"
make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
find come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
culminate rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
come through, get through finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
run aground, ground instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
attain - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, discover
regain, find come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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Verb
attain - To accomplish; to achieve.

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  • attain
    To bring to a succesful end; to gain with effort.
  • attain
    To arrive at or succeed in reaching or obtaining something (e.g. an objective, a goal).

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