attainment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: attainment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for attainment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attainment n the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of independence" arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition" an ability that has been acquired by training Synonym(s): skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attainment \Attain"ment\, n. 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.