attainable B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈtæɪ.nə.bəl/ UK /əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/ See IPA manual Freq #59107 Meanings 1 adj Possible to achieve or reach with effort. Choose an attainable goal that you can reach this year. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · possible to achieve or... achievable Word family Forms attainability Common collocations attainable goal Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From attain + -able. *teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # attainable **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /əˈtæɪ.nə.bəl/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/ **Frequency rank:** 59107 ## Meanings 1. Possible to achieve or reach with effort. ## Examples - Choose an attainable goal that you can reach this year. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *teh₂g- ## Etymology From attain + -able. ## AI Etymology Attainable is from attain plus -able. The historical chain also includes Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-. The suffix -able or -ible gives the formation a passive or potential value, marking something capable of being, suitable for being, or worthy of the action named by attain. In use as an adjective, attainable denotes possible to achieve or reach with effort. Typical contexts include “Choose an attainable goal that you can reach this year”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown