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# attained

«attained» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **reached or achieved, usually after hard work: attained a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb past form of attain (attain, attains, attained, attaining); adjective (attained)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Attained means reached or achieved, usually after hard work: attained a goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#m1)

2) (formal) Attained can mean reached a level, age or height. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal school reports «attained» means reached a level: «She attained the expected standard.» In exam and science language: «The ball attained a height of 5 m» means it reached that height. Everyday speech says «got» or «reached».

### examples

- He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. (Prophets 2SA.23.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x1)
- He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three. (Prophets 2SA.23.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x2)
- Behold, he was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three; and David set him over his guard. (Writings 1CH.11.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x3)
- She attained top marks in the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x4)
- (formal) The pupil has attained the expected standard in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x5)
- The rocket attained a height of 100 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x6)
- He finally attained his dream of playing for the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x7)
- The climbers attained the summit before dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x8)
- (formal) Determine the maximum speed attained by the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x9)
- The Prince attained to man's estate, and began to think about getting married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/#x10)

### note

Formal; regular verb. Noun: attainment. Often in maths/science exam questions: «the greatest height attained» means the highest point reached, the maximum value.

### In the corpora

- [He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.732/)
- [He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.736/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «attained» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attained/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.