Synonyms for attainment
əˈteɪn məntat·tain·ment

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1. attainment

   Progress (Latin pro, forward, gradior, go) is a moving onward or forward, whether in space or in the mental or moral realm, and may be either mechanical, individual, or social. Attainment, development, and proficiency are more absolute than the other words of the group, denoting some point of advantage or of comparative perfection reached by forward or onward movement; we speak of attainments in virtue or scholarship, proficiency in music or languages, the development of new powers or organs; proficiency includes the idea of skill. Advance may denote either a forward movement or the point gained by forward movement, but always relatively with reference to the point from which the movement started; as, this is a great advance. Advance admits the possibility of retreat; progress (Latin progredi, to walk forward) is steady and constant forward movement, admitting of pause, but not of retreat; advance suggests more clearly a point to be reached, while progress lays the emphasis upon the forward movement; we may speak of slow or rapid progress, but more naturally of swift advance. Progress is more frequently used of abstractions; as, the progress of ideas; progression fixes the attention chiefly upon the act of moving forward. In a thing good in itself all advance or progress is improvement; there is a growing tendency to restrict the words to this favorable sense, using increase indifferently of good or evil; one may say without limitation, "I am an advocate of progress."

   Synonyms:
   advance, advancement, development, growth, improvement, increase, proficiency, progress, progression

   Antonyms:
   check, decline, delay, falling back, falling off, relapse, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage

   Preposition:
   The progress of truth; progress in virtue; toward perfection; from a lower to a higher state.

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1. attainment

   Synonyms:
   information, acquirements, accomplishments

   Antonyms:
   intuition, inspiration, genius

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1. attainmentnoun

   the act of achieving an aim

   "the attainment of independence"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, acquisition, accomplishment, skill

2. attainmentnoun

   arrival at a new stage

   "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, acquisition, accomplishment, skill

3. skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainmentnoun

   an ability that has been acquired by training

   Synonyms:
   science, accomplishment, acquisition, learning, acquirement, skill, achievement

Matched Categories

1. • Ability
   • Accomplishment
   • Arrival

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1. attainmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   attaining, getting, acquisition

2. attainmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, accomplishment, erudition, learning, information, enlightenment, wisdom, stock of knowledge, mental resources

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1. attainmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   achievement, culmination, acquisition, accomplishment, acquirement

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1. List of paraphrases for "attainment":

   achievement, realization, achieving, achieve, accomplishment, fulfilment, realisation, pursuit, attaining, reach, realizing, implementation

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How to use attainment in a sentence?

1. President Jacob Zuma:

   Sadly the private sector lags behind ... Many boardrooms and many top management positions remain white-male dominated. This must change, the country needs a private sector that acts in the national interest and which contributes to the attainment of the national goals of eradicating poverty, unemployment and inequality.

2. Ernest Hemingway, in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech:

   For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

3. Lawrence Yun.Akron:

   The housing wealth gain has been sizable over the past two years, however, due to the ongoing inventory shortage and rising interest rates, homeownership attainment will become especially challenging unless drastically more housing supply is available.

4. Robert LaRose:

   Broadband access is only the beginning, the workforce has to be retrained, and overall levels of educational attainment need to be raised, including both school children and mid-life career changers.

5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Happiness will come today, tomorrow and every year, now, then and every moment. For if we learn to love, care and share, happiness will come to fill our heart with kindness. It is a gift from the universe to touch our life with joyful silence. Happiness will come. For if we know wealth and splendors are illusions, but attainment of certain mental state and unconditional love is a real possession.