attainment

attainment
    n 1: the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of
         independence"
    2: arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was
       delayed by malnutrition"
    3: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill},
       {accomplishment}, {acquirement}, {acquisition}, {attainment}]
    

Attainment \At*tain"ment\, n.
   1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching;
      hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.
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            The attainment of every desired object. --Sir W.
                                                  Jones.
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   2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion;
      acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements;
      knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "attainment":
      accession, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accomplishments,
      achievement, acquirement, acquisition, acquisition of knowledge,
      acquisitions, addition, advent, appearance, approach, arrival,
      attainments, carrying out, coming, coming by, consummation,
      discharge, dispatch, dragging down, earnings, edification,
      education, effectuation, enlightenment, execution, fait accompli,
      finish, fruition, fulfillment, gaining, getting, getting hold of,
      illumination, implementation, instruction, learning,
      liberal education, making, mission accomplished, moneygetting,
      moneygrubbing, moneymaking, obtainment, obtention, performance,
      procural, procurance, procuration, procurement, production,
      reaching, realization, securement, sophistication,
      store of knowledge, success, trover, winning