attainment
- noun
- /əˈteɪnmənt/
- Social isolation is a concern for the quality of the university experience and educational attainment.
- educational attainment
- skill attainment
- job attainment
That children are adversely affected by the abuse that they see, it'll often impact upon their health, their development and their educational attainment.
- That children are adversely affected by the abuse that they see, it'll often impact upon their health, their development and their educational attainment.
- Is maybe it's possible for everyone at all levels of attainment to strive towards the good.
- That's why don't identify yourself with the attainment.
- And then we share in the joy of that attainment or their happiness or their good qualities.
- And so they can start to build that sense of privilege and attainment.
- And, you know, and it's kind of controversial about whether at birth you can figure out what your, what your, you know, educational attainment could be.
Examples
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In New York, colleges are required to file an annual report on student skill attainment and graduation rates.
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Dedicated educators have long been guiding their students toward the highest levels of excellence and attainment.
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The profile offers information about the attainment of social skills.
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So there are efforts to improve educational attainment and change the economic outlook for so many otherwise abandoned communities.
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Similarly, in terms of formal educational attainment, we tend to stand among the world leaders.
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Once the assessment information has been gathered, the team meets and analyzes student attainment of the goals.
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The teacher used an oral quiz to check the children's attainment of the knowledge objectives.
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Assessment specifications include the criteria for assessing and analyzing students' attainments in the arts.
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The literature on status and career attainment suggests theoretical frameworks for examining factors affecting women's achievement over the lifespan.
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The teacher used an oral quiz to check the children's attainment of the knowledge objectives.
Synonyms
Getting what you want after working hard
Ability to do something well because of practice or training
A success you reach after working hard
A skill that you learn by practice
Very high skill in a subject or activity
An ability you learn through practice
A skill or ability learned by practice and study
The act of getting a goal you worked hard for
The act of getting something you need or want
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Attainment (meaning a skill or ability) comes from the same verb attain, once meaning 'to reach' or 'touch' and related to the root tang- found in tangible and 'touch'. So an attainment as a skill is something you have 'reached' or gained after practice and effort.