Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: attain
IPA transcription: [ət'eɪn]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
    Meaning: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
  • Synonyms: reach, hit, attain
    Meaning: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
Usage examples
  • But much matters to what we may attain.
  • If we would attain happiness, We must first attain helpfulness.
  • You can never attain freedom from stage-fright by reading a treatise.
  • He exerted every power to attain it, and used the means at his disposal.
  • Noble ideas, although rare and difficult to attain, are not naturally fugitive.
  • Too much has still been done to recede, too little to attain your end; you must therefore proceed.
  • But now I see again how foolish I was, for you can attain any position you like by your intellect and talent.
  • Indeed, it seems necessary that a man should have "run away" at least once, in order afterward to attain eminence.
  • What craft will not do soft words may attain, and if these do not succeed there still remains the resource of tears.
  • Nor could it be supposed, at all times, in every man's power to attain every kind of mental more than of exterior beauty.