attained
reached or achieved, often after considerable time and effort: Any country with a reactor and a fairly easily attained level of expertise can build an atomic bomb.
having reached a specified level of accomplishment; skilled or expert: He was an eminent professor of religion and a highly attained mystic.
the simple past tense and past participle of attain.
Origin of attained
1Other words from attained
- un·at·tained, adjective
- well-at·tained, adjective
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How to use attained in a sentence
To Bartholdi, his statue meant a commemoration of Liberty attained.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty | Elizabeth Mitchell | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRemember how Scott Brown attained wattage in 2009 by beating Democrat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts?
Eric Cantor’s Primary Loss Is a Political Earthquake. And It’s Awful. | Michael Tomasky | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Dyan Cannon and Grant Grant split, she attained a restraining order, so he rented another house a bit further down the road.
It attained its $2 million goal in less than ten hours, the most famous example of fans resurrecting a show in Hollywood history.
Now, at an age she considers her prime, she says has attained her goal.
Rita Moreno, SAG Life Achievement Award Winner, Talks Brando, Elvis And West Side Story | Sandra McElwaine | January 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He who has attained it grows giddy, and the fiercest winds are summoned to blow him from his eminence.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHe had attained to position and wealth and, which successful men sometimes are not, was quite unspoiled.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowIn a paroxysm of rage and fear, he gave the final order, and the Well of Cawnpore thereby attained its ghastly immortality.
The Red Year | Louis TracyGunn possessed a purple complexion which attained to full vigor of coloring in the nasal region.
Dope | Sax RohmerAfter eighteen years of railway life, at the age of 34, I had attained the coveted position of a general manager.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
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