English > attain: 4 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | 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, motion| Meaning | 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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