Attain
verb
To achieve or reach a goal or target after hard work or effort.
After many years of studying, she finally attained her degree.
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- attain a degree
- attain a goal
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To arrive at or come to a specific condition.
The population of the city has attained one million.
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- attain an age
- attain a size
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To grow or progress to a specific stage or level.
The project has attained the final stage of completion.
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- attain maturity
- attain completion
verb
To achieve or reach a goal or target after hard work or effort.
After many years of studying, she finally attained her degree.
Often appears as...
- attain a degree
- attain a goal
verb
To arrive at or come to a specific condition.
The population of the city has attained one million.
Often appears as...
- attain an age
- attain a size
verb
To grow or progress to a specific stage or level.
The project has attained the final stage of completion.
Often appears as...
- attain maturity
- attain completion
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Required
Use 'attain' when significant effort or dedication is needed to achieve something.
She worked tirelessly to attain fluency in French.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Achievement
'Attain' often implies a positive outcome and is used for reaching goals that are generally seen as good.
He attained a high level of respect among his peers.
Pro Tip 3/3Goal-Oriented
It usually refers to reaching tangible goals like a title or target, not just any result.
After decades, the nation attained its goal of reducing pollution.
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Required
Use 'attain' when significant effort or dedication is needed to achieve something.
She worked tirelessly to attain fluency in French.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Achievement
'Attain' often implies a positive outcome and is used for reaching goals that are generally seen as good.
He attained a high level of respect among his peers.
Pro Tip 3/3Goal-Oriented
It usually refers to reaching tangible goals like a title or target, not just any result.
After decades, the nation attained its goal of reducing pollution.
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Required
Use 'attain' when significant effort or dedication is needed to achieve something.
She worked tirelessly to attain fluency in French.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Achievement
'Attain' often implies a positive outcome and is used for reaching goals that are generally seen as good.
He attained a high level of respect among his peers.
Pro Tip 3/3Goal-Oriented
It usually refers to reaching tangible goals like a title or target, not just any result.
After decades, the nation attained its goal of reducing pollution.
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The moral roots of...
attained think about yin and yang yin and yang aren't enemies yin and yang don't hate each other yin and yang are both necessary like night and day for the functioning of the world you find the same thing in hinduism uh there are many high gods in hinduism two of them are vishnu the preserver shiva the destroyer this image actually is both of those
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The difference between...
I coined my own definition of success, which Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable. I believe that's true. If you make the effort to do the best of which you're capable, trying to improve the situation that exists for you, I think that's success,
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The perks of being a...
to curate dance music to people in inaccessible places under the influence of alcohol. Not I. So in a competitive industry where DJs have been relentlessly honing their craft, desperate to attain gigs, sending demos to clubs, my best friend and I took a different approach,
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What it's like to be a...
and that same promise to myself. To love her and myself hard with forgiveness and compassion, with tough love and with generosity. To give room for growth, to push beyond comfort in hopes of attaining and living a more meaningful life. I know in my head and in my heart
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Why do people join...
Other methods may be more intense using techniques of coercive persuasion involving guilt, shame, and fear. And in many cases, members may willingly submit out of desire to belong and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking,
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Why I choose humanism...
and send my siblings and me to school. They made it possible for us to enjoy a standard of living which they never did and to attain educational levels which they only imagined when they were growing up. My parents' life, their story, is my best lesson in humanism.
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Is the world getting...
and tremendous peril, but ideas on how to reduce them have been voiced, and an infinite number of others are yet to be conceived. We will never have a perfect world, and it would be dangerous to seek one. But there's no limit to the betterments we can attain
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Electromagnetism 101 PIPE...
magnetic fields that all together encompass the entire planet. Called a geodynamo, this process causes Earth's poles to attain positive and negative charges turning the planet into a giant electromagnet. This phenomenon also creates a protective layer
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How synthetic biology...
when suddenly, the leaders of two global alliances attained the ability to blow up the world. The number of people with actual doomsday buttons has stayed fairly stable since then. But I'm afraid it's about to grow, and not just to three.
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How to build your...
the sense that you can change the world and that you can attain what you set out to do. Well, meeting Bandura was really cathartic for me, because I realized that this famous scientist had documented and scientifically validated
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The moral roots of...
attained think about yin and yang yin and yang aren't enemies yin and yang don't hate each other yin and yang are both necessary like night and day for the functioning of the world you find the same thing in hinduism uh there are many high gods in hinduism two of them are vishnu the preserver shiva the destroyer this image actually is both of those
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The difference between...
I coined my own definition of success, which Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable. I believe that's true. If you make the effort to do the best of which you're capable, trying to improve the situation that exists for you, I think that's success,
Video examples
The perks of being a...
to curate dance music to people in inaccessible places under the influence of alcohol. Not I. So in a competitive industry where DJs have been relentlessly honing their craft, desperate to attain gigs, sending demos to clubs, my best friend and I took a different approach,
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What it's like to be a...
and that same promise to myself. To love her and myself hard with forgiveness and compassion, with tough love and with generosity. To give room for growth, to push beyond comfort in hopes of attaining and living a more meaningful life. I know in my head and in my heart
Video examples
Why do people join...
Other methods may be more intense using techniques of coercive persuasion involving guilt, shame, and fear. And in many cases, members may willingly submit out of desire to belong and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking,
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
and send my siblings and me to school. They made it possible for us to enjoy a standard of living which they never did and to attain educational levels which they only imagined when they were growing up. My parents' life, their story, is my best lesson in humanism.
Video examples
Is the world getting...
and tremendous peril, but ideas on how to reduce them have been voiced, and an infinite number of others are yet to be conceived. We will never have a perfect world, and it would be dangerous to seek one. But there's no limit to the betterments we can attain
Video examples
Electromagnetism 101 PIPE...
magnetic fields that all together encompass the entire planet. Called a geodynamo, this process causes Earth's poles to attain positive and negative charges turning the planet into a giant electromagnet. This phenomenon also creates a protective layer
Video examples
How synthetic biology...
when suddenly, the leaders of two global alliances attained the ability to blow up the world. The number of people with actual doomsday buttons has stayed fairly stable since then. But I'm afraid it's about to grow, and not just to three.
Video examples
How to build your...
the sense that you can change the world and that you can attain what you set out to do. Well, meeting Bandura was really cathartic for me, because I realized that this famous scientist had documented and scientifically validated
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Helen Keller
American Author
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
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Ernest Renan
French Philosopher
In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.
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Herbie Hancock
American Musician
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
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Martin Scorsese
American Director
I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.
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Plautus
Roman Playwright
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
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Helen Keller
American Author
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
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Ernest Renan
French Philosopher
In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.
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Herbie Hancock
American Musician
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
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Martin Scorsese
American Director
I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.
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Plautus
Roman Playwright
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
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