attain
verb
[ əˈteɪn ]
• succeed in achieving (something that one has worked for).
• "clarify your objectives and ways of attaining them"
Similar:
achieve,
accomplish,
reach,
arrive at,
come by,
obtain,
gain,
procure,
secure,
get,
grasp,
hook,
net,
win,
earn,
acquire,
establish,
make,
realize,
fulfil,
succeed in,
bring off,
bring about,
bring to fruition,
carry off,
carry through,
effect,
hit,
clinch,
bag,
wangle,
wrap up,
polish off,
effectuate,
reify,
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘bring to justice’ and ‘reach a state’): from Old French ateindre, from Latin attingere, from ad- ‘at, to’ + tangere ‘to touch’.
