attainment

[ uh-teyn-muhnt ]

/ əˈteɪn mənt /

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noun

an act of attaining.

something attained; a personal acquirement; achievement.

OTHER WORDS FOR attainment

2 accomplishment.

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Origin of attainment

First recorded in 1350–1400, attainment is from the Middle English word attenement.See attain, -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM attainment

non·at·tain·ment, noun, adjectivere·at·tain·ment, noun

Words nearby attainment

attagirl, attain, attainable, attainder, attained, attainment, attainment target, attaint, attainture, Attalid, Attalus I

How to use attainment in a sentence

The 2016 election demonstrated the importance of careful weighting protocols, as many state-level surveys did not weight samples by educational attainment.
How The Washington Post’s polling average works|Scott Clement, Emily Guskin|October 16, 2020|Washington Post
Some pollsters such as Ipsos and the Pew Research Center have taken weighting by education a step further by weighting for educational attainment within racial groups.
What Pollsters Have Changed Since 2016 — And What Still Worries Them About 2020|Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com)|October 13, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Melillo traces the history of these bugs and their products as a query into modernity’s attainments and its discontents.
Why We Should Eat Crickets. And Other Bug Ideas - Facts So Romantic|Mary Ellen Hannibal|October 2, 2020|Nautilus
“Because the center-assessed grades elevated the overall attainment, the currency of qualifications got devalued, so it pushed everything up the system,” says Andrew Hargreaves, co-founder of DataHE.
UK Universities Predicted a COVID-19 Crash. They Got the Opposite|Fiona Zublin|September 17, 2020|Ozy

The Post-ABC Minnesota poll’s initial sample of adults was weighted by educational attainment as well as race, gender, age and geopolitical regions of the state.
Post-ABC poll and others suggest Minnesota has shifted since 2016, but by how much?|Scott Clement, Dan Balz|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
The connection between wealth and educational attainment is still strong.
College Kids Should Major in Leisure|Nick Romeo|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are no scientific, medical, or technological barriers to its attainment.
Gordon Brown on Why Education Is Every Human’s Right|Gordon Brown|July 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Despite improved educational attainment for women, progress has been uneven, and in some cases, has declined in recent years.
Sex, Sports, and Title IX on Campus: The Triumphs and Travails|Debra DeMeis, Rosanna Hertz|June 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Murray also errs in reducing educational attainment and professional success solely to genetic endowment.
Charles Murray’s ‘Coming Apart’ and the Culture Myth|Ralph Richard Banks|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It cannot be said that the insurgents in the field had advanced one step towards the attainment of their object.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Not necessarily, he went on; if the motive is clearly within our grasp, the attainment is possible.
The Fifth String |John Philip Sousa
The reception of it did not imply the attainment of grace; but as a sign, it was appointed to denote grace received.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
It aspired to rise to a knowledge of God as the supremest wisdom and grandest attainment of mortal man.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Eva Poindexter may be a country girl, but she has her standards, too, and mere grace and attainment are not sufficient to win her.
The Circular Study|Anna Katharine Green

British Dictionary definitions for attainment

attainment

/ (əˈteɪnmənt) /

noun

an achievement or the act of achieving; accomplishment

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