attained

«attained» in Mova's school dictionary: reached or achieved, usually after hard work: attained a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb past form of attain (attain, attains, attained, attaining); adjective (attained)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Attained means reached or achieved, usually after hard work: attained a goal. tree →

2) (formal) Attained can mean reached a level, age or height. tree →

sense in the lessons

In formal school reports «attained» means reached a level: «She attained the expected standard.» In exam and science language: «The ball attained a height of 5 m» means it reached that height. Everyday speech says «got» or «reached».

examples

• She attained top marks in the test. tree →
• (formal) The pupil has attained the expected standard in maths. tree →
• The rocket attained a height of 100 metres. tree →
• He finally attained his dream of playing for the team. tree →
• The climbers attained the summit before dark. tree →
• (formal) Determine the maximum speed attained by the car. tree →
• The Prince attained to man's estate, and began to think about getting married. tree →

note

Formal; regular verb. Noun: attainment. Often in maths/science exam questions: «the greatest height attained» means the highest point reached, the maximum value.

In the corpora

• He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
• He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «attained» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.