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21attain — [14] Unlike contain, maintain, obtain, and the rest of a very long list of English words ending in tain, attain does not come from Latin tenēre ‘hold’. Its source is Latin tangere ‘touch’ (as in English tangible and tangent). The addition of the… …
22attain — ◘ The uncomfortable debt level attained at the end of the financial year has now been eased (Times). Attain, like achieve and accomplish, suggests the reaching of a desired goal hardly the sense intended here. It would have been better to… …
23attain — v. a. 1. Procure (by effort), acquire, get, obtain, gain, win, secure, achieve, compass, accomplish, effect. 2. Reach, arrive at, come to, attain to …
24attain to — Reach, attain, arrive at, come to, gain, win to, win …
25attain — verb attempts to attain a promotion Syn: achieve, accomplish, reach, obtain, gain, procure, secure, get, hook, net, win, earn, acquire; realize, fulfill; informal clinch, bag, snag, wrap up …
26attain — To reach or come to by progression or motion; to arrive at; as, to attain a ripe old age. Watkins v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 156 Kan. 27, 131 P.2d 722, 723 …
27attain — To reach or come to by progression or motion; to arrive at; as, to attain a ripe old age. Watkins v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 156 Kan. 27, 131 P.2d 722, 723 …
28attain — [14] Unlike contain, maintain, obtain, and the rest of a very long list of English words ending in tain, attain does not come from Latin tenēre ‘hold’. Its source is Latin tangere ‘touch’ (as in English tangible and tangent). The addition of the… …
29attain by effort — index find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
30attain majority — index mature Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
