English > attain: 4 senses > verb 1, socialMeaning | To gain with effort. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Synonyms | achieve, accomplish, reach |
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Narrower | average | achieve or reach on average |
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begin | achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative |
come to, strike | attain |
compass | bring about |
culminate | reach the highest or most decisive point |
reach, make, get to, progress to | reach a goal / goal, e.g., "make the first team" |
score | Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance |
wangle, finagle, manage | achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods |
Broader | succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods | attain success or reach a desired goal / goal |
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Spanish | alcanzar, completar, conseguir, lograr, realizar |
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Catalan | abastar, abastir, acomplir, aconseguir, assolir, obtenir |
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Adjectives | attainable | capable of being attained or accomplished |
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Nouns | attainment | the act of achieving an aim |
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English > attain: 4 senses > verb 4, motionMeaning | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Model | They attain the water |
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Synonyms | reach, make, hit, arrive at, gain |
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Entails | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
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Narrower | access, get at | reach or gain access to |
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bottom out | reach the low point |
catch up | reach the point where one should be after a delay |
culminate | reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body |
find | succeed in reaching |
get through, come through | succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination / destination after overcoming problems |
ground, run aground | hit or reach the ground |
make | reach in time |
scale, surmount | reach the highest point / point of |
summit, breast | reach the summit (of a mountain) |
top | reach or ascend the top of |
top out, peak | To reach the highest point |
Similar to | make | reach in time |
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Spanish | alcanzar, arribar, contactar, ganar, llegar, lograr, obtener, pegar |
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Catalan | arribar a, arribar, assolir, contactar, pegar |
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Nouns | attainment | arrival at a new stage / stage |
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