attainment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   arrival at a new stage

   My attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of achieving an aim

   the attainment of independence

3. 3
   noun

   The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion.

   My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.

4. 4
   noun

   That which is attained, or obtained by exertion.

   The scholar who had made so many attainments, knows now how small they were compared with what one glance into the spiritual glory has taught him.

5. 5
   noun

   an ability that has been acquired by training

Etymology

From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement.