noun attainment.
2. attain ·vt to overtake.
3. attain ·vi to come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
4. attain ·vt to reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
5. attain ·vt to get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
6. attain ·vt to reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
7. attain ·vt to gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
8. attain ·vi to come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, ·etc.; to reach.
9. attain ·vt to achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.