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# attain

«attain» in Mova's school dictionary: **To reach or achieve a goal, level or result after effort** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (attain, attains, attained, attaining); noun attainment; adjective attainable

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To reach or achieve a goal, level or result after effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#m1)

2) (formal) To reach a certain age, size, height or amount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word in school reports and exams («attain level 4», «attainment targets»). In stories and science, reaching a speed, height or age. Phrases: «attain a goal», «attain a grade», «attain a height of».

### examples

- She worked hard to attain her goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#x1)
- The rocket attained a speed of 500 metres per second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#x2)
- Most pupils attained the expected level. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#x3)
- The tree can attain a height of 30 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#x4)
- He attained his black belt in karate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#x5)
- The team attained first place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#x6)
- I wish to attain the greatest of all happiness." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attain/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday words: «reach», «get», «achieve». Regular verb. In maths, «attains a maximum» means reaches its biggest 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/)
- [Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2530/)
- [That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.4/)
- [None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.52/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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