attainment
noun/əˈteɪnmənt/
Etymology From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement.
1
The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion.
- My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.
2
That which is attained, or obtained by exertion.
- The scholar who had made so many attainments, knows now how small they were compared with what one glance into the spiritual glory has taught him.1860, National Preacher, volume 33, number 1, page 11:
- The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book.1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 17:
- Derived terms
- nonattainment, reattainment, unattainment, underattainment