ATTAINMENT • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Attainment

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ətˈeɪnmənt/ Listen

noun

Attainment n.

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts. "The attainment of every desired object."

That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (plural), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.

See images of 'Attainment'

Etymology of 'Attainment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Attainment" Quotes from Famous Books

... soul appeared to him undimmed, even though he knew now that she had expected this awful thing all along, and that she was no stranger to this monstrous barter of her person for the attainment of a crazy Emperor's whim, or to make holiday for the rabble of Rome. In his sight her pride remained unshaken; only her loyalty and allegiance had been given to the Caesar in the same way as his own had been. She, in her simple, womanly way, was rendering unto Caesar ...

— "Unto Caesar" • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... new impulse is given him. Whatever good quality was in his natural state conspicuous in him, will, in a state of grace and newness of life, shine forth with double lustre; and he will find his besetting sin his greatest hindrance in pressing forward to the attainment of personal holiness. The great wide difference is, that he desires to be holy, and the Lord, who gives him this desire, gives him also the strength to overcome his natural mind; and the more closely he waits on his heavenly Father for His promised aid, the more holily and consistently ...

— Louis' School Days - A Story for Boys • E. J. May

... man falls in love with a woman—really in love—though the attainment of his desire be all but impossible, he has reached the goal of life; no tide can take him higher toward the Absolute. He has reached life's zenith, and never will he rise higher, even though he live to wield a sceptre ...

— The Pools of Silence • H. de Vere Stacpoole

... but ransacked the Advocates' Library for old manuscripts, in the deciphering of which he became so expert that his assistance soon came to be invoked by antiquarians of much longer standing. Although he worked hard at law his ideal was not the attainment of an extensive practice, but rather of a fairly paid post which should leave him leisure for his favourite pursuits, and this he succeeded in reaching, being appointed first in 1799 Sheriff of Selkirk, and next ...

— A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature • John W. Cousin

... accept any such untested theories. He lived all his own lessons. He was not a mere teacher; he was a leader of men. Thus his strong friendship was full of magnificent inspiration. He called men to new things in life, and was ready to help them reach the highest possibilities in achievement and attainment. ...

— Personal Friendships of Jesus • J. R. Miller

More quotes...