Associations to the word «Attainment»

Wiktionary

ATTAINMENT, noun. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
ATTAINMENT, noun. That which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement.

Dictionary definition

ATTAINMENT, noun. The act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of independence".
ATTAINMENT, noun. Arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition".
ATTAINMENT, noun. An ability that has been acquired by training.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats