Attained


to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
to attain one’s goals.
to come to or arrive at, especially after some labor or tedium; reach:
to attain the age of 96; to attain the mountain peak.
to arrive at or succeed in reaching or obtaining something (usually followed by to or unto):
to attain to knowledge.
to reach in the course of development or growth:
These trees attain to remarkable height.
Contemporary Examples

Have you heard about Vakkali, the Buddhist sage who attained Nirvana while slicing his own throat?
The Best of Brit Lit Peter Stothard September 30, 2010

It is all about justice, and justice can be attained through having the rulers accountable to their people.
‘There Is No Turning Back’ Nadia Al-Sakkaf October 9, 2011

Remember 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 10, 2014

It attained its $2 million goal in less than ten hours, the most famous example of fans resurrecting a show in Hollywood history.
A Fan Night Out: The Return of Veronica Mars Scott Bixby March 13, 2014

He has, in effect, overturned the very system through which he attained office.
Is Morsy Staging or Reversing a Coup? Hussein Ibish August 12, 2012

Historical Examples

She had waylaid the well-known figure from whom she had formerly fled, and her end was attained.
Leonore Stubbs L. B. Walford

December 29, 1893, Mr. Gladstone attained the eighty-fourth year of his age.
The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

On the 2nd of October in the year 1798, Davy quitted Penzance, before he had attained his twentieth year.
The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 1 (of 2) John Ayrton Paris

The thing that does matter is, that whereto we have attained, by that we should walk.
A Dish Of Orts George MacDonald

A lady came to the Consumptive’s Home with a cancer in the cheek, which had attained the size of a filbert.
The Wonders of Prayer Various

verb
(transitive) to achieve or accomplish (a task, goal, aim, etc)
(transitive) to reach or arrive at in space or time: to attain old age
(intransitive) often foll by to. to arrive (at) with effort or exertion: to attain to glory
v.

c.1300, “to succeed in reaching,” from stem of Old French ataindre (11c., Modern French atteindre) “to come up to, reach, attain, endeavor, strive,” from Vulgar Latin *adtangere, from Latin attingere “to touch, to arrive at,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + tangere “to touch” (see tangent). Latin attingere had a wide range of meanings, including “to attack, to strike, to appropriate, to manage,” all somehow suggested by the literal sense “to touch.” Related: Attained; attaining.

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