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English verb: attain | |||
| 1. | attain (social) to gain with effort | ||
| Samples | She achieved her goal despite setbacks. | ||
| Synonyms | accomplish, achieve, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | average, begin, come to, compass, culminate, finagle, get to, make, manage, progress to, reach, score, strike, wangle | ||
| 2. | attain (motion) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | ||
| Samples | The thermometer hit 100 degrees. This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour. | ||
| Synonyms | hit, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrive, come, get | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break even, max out | ||
| 3. | attain (possession) find unexpectedly | ||
| Samples | The archeologists chanced upon an old tomb. She struck a goldmine. The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake. | ||
| Synonyms | chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | find, regain | ||
| 4. | attain (motion) reach a destination, either real or abstract | ||
| Samples | We hit Detroit by noon. The water reached the doorstep. We barely made it to the finish line. I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts. | ||
| Examples | They attain the water | ||
| Synonyms | arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | access, bottom out, breast, catch up, come through, culminate, find, get at, get through, ground, make, peak, run aground, scale, summit, surmount, top, top out | ||
| Entail | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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