attainment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of achieving an aim
    • the attainment of independence
  2. noun arrival at a new stage
    • his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition
  3. noun an ability that has been acquired by training
    acquirement; skill; accomplishment; acquisition.

WordNet


At*tain"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.
    The attainment of every desired object. Sir W. Jones.
  2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.

Webster 1913