attainment

Examples

• All

• In New York, colleges are required to file an annual report on student skill attainment and graduation rates.

  Academic text (2002)

• Dedicated educators have long been guiding their students toward the highest levels of excellence and attainment.

  Academic text (2000)

• The profile offers information about the attainment of social skills.

  Academic text (1996)

• So there are efforts to improve educational attainment and change the economic outlook for so many otherwise abandoned communities.

• Similarly, in terms of formal educational attainment, we tend to stand among the world leaders.

  Academic text (1996)

• Once the assessment information has been gathered, the team meets and analyzes student attainment of the goals.

  Academic text (1996)

• The teacher used an oral quiz to check the children's attainment of the knowledge objectives.

  Academic text (1995)

• Assessment specifications include the criteria for assessing and analyzing students' attainments in the arts.

  Academic text (1996)

• The literature on status and career attainment suggests theoretical frameworks for examining factors affecting women's achievement over the lifespan.

  Academic text (1996)

• The teacher used an oral quiz to check the children's attainment of the knowledge objectives.

Synonyms

S

success

vsattainment

∞ 1.0

Getting what you want after working hard

often refers instead to a developed ability or a specific achievement

S

skill

vsattainment

∞ 1.0

Ability to do something well because of practice or training

can mean that ability or the concrete result achieved by effort

A

achievement

vsattainment

373 2.3

A success you reach after working hard

also names a learned ability, not only the completed task or goal

M

mastery

vsattainment

27 4.2

Very high skill in a subject or activity

means a developed skill without implying complete or perfect control

A

accomplishment

vsattainment

4 3.5

A skill that you learn by practice

also covers a completed achievement, not only a developed ability

R

reaching

vsattainment

1 3.1

The act of getting a goal you worked hard for

is also used for a developed skill or ability, not just the act

O

obtainment

vsattainment

1 7.6

The act of getting something you need or want

focuses more on a learned ability or a notable achievement than mere getting

A

acquirement

vsattainment

1 7.7

A skill or ability learned by practice and study

also refers to a completed goal rather than only a learned ability

A

acquisition

vsattainment

1 4.9

An ability you learn through practice

is broader and includes the idea of an achieved result or goal

Antonyms

I

inability

161 2.8

Not able to do something you need to do

How Skilled

mastery

27 4.2

proficiency

27 4.7

attainment

5 5.1

competence

66 4.1

ability

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology