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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Attainment \At*tain"ment\, n. 1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence the act of obtaining by efforts. The attainment of every desired object. --Sir W. Jones. 2. That which is attained to or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as literary and scientific attainments. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: attainment n 1: the act of achieving an aim "the attainment of independence" 2: arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition" 3: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill}, {accomplishment}, {acquirement}, {acquisition}]
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