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attained

attained

2.9
Reached a goal, level, or age
  • adjective
  • /əˈteɪnd/
translation icon : alcanzado
  • His dedication helped him attain a remarkable level of expertise in the subject.

It's just solving a problem and improving its sharpness of its modeling and its actions to get the attained goal.

Examples

  • Trust is earned laboriously and painfully attained and broken.

  • So this is the sort of magnification we have attained in our Eastern microscope.

  • You can still express everything that you have attained through all this hardship and the training.

  • So we've attained something divine in the process.

  • After years of study, she finally attained her dream of becoming a doctor.

  • The team reached a level of success that they had long sought to attain.

Synonyms

done
vsattained
724 1.0

Finished with a task or activity

is about reaching a goal or level rather than casual finishing
realized
vsattained
  • US
3.9

A dream or plan achieved after effort

is about reaching any goal or level rather than only plans or dreams
fulfilled
vsattained
3.4

Having completed a plan or goal to a high standard

is about reaching a goal or level without implying highest quality
accomplished
vsattained
3.9

Finished and cannot be changed

focuses on reaching a goal rather than on unchangeable finality
earned
vsattained
2.2

Gained by someone's own hard work or skill

is about reaching a goal regardless of how it was gained
completed
vsattained
1.0

Finished and not needing any more work

is about achieving a level or goal rather than merely finishing
consummated
vsattained
  • Formal
6.8

Fully finished, often in a formal or legal way

is about reaching a goal not necessarily formal finalization
concluded
vsattained
2.5

Finished and no longer happening

is about reaching a goal or level rather than only ending

Antonyms

unattained
6.6

Not reached or achieved yet

How Attained

fulfilled
3.4
realized
  • US
3.9
completed
1.0
attained
2.9

Surface Forms

attained positive

Morphology

attained = attain (transparent) = attain + ed

A regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'attain' using -ed; the meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Attained comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and tangere 'to touch'. So, to be attained is like having 'touched' or reached a goal or level.