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ATTAINED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Achieved or reached
Example:
the actual attained achievement test score
Classified under:
Similar:
earned (gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb attain
Context examples:
This young wolf had attained his full size; and, considering the weak and famished condition of the pack, he possessed more than the average vigour and spirit.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I was sent to Lowood to get an education; and it would be of no use going away until I have attained that object.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She had hardly even attained the wish to do it.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Mrs. John Dashwood wished it likewise; but in the mean while, till one of these superior blessings could be attained, it would have quieted her ambition to see him driving a barouche.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
But her amazement passed all bounds when he told her he had been on Maui, the particular island whereon she had attained womanhood and married.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He was struggling for the appearance of composure, and would not open his lips till he believed himself to have attained it.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable).
(Aim, NCI Thesaurus)
With Mr. Weston's ball in view at least, there had been a great deal of insensibility to other things; but it was now too evident that she had not attained such a state of composure as could stand against the actual approach—new carriage, bell-ringing, and all.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
For two months, however, I was true to my determination; for two months, I led a life of such severity as I had never before attained to, and enjoyed the compensations of an approving conscience.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Mr. Holmes,” said Hopkins, “I do not know how to express my gratitude. Even now I do not understand how you attained this result.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
