Definitions for attains

attains at·tain

Spelling: [uh-teyn]
IPA: /əˈteɪn/

Attains is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in attains (aainstt).

Definitions for attains

verb (used with object)

  1. to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
  2. to come to or arrive at, especially after some labor or tedium; reach:

verb (used without object)

  1. to arrive at or succeed in reaching or obtaining something (usually followed by to or unto):
  2. to reach in the course of development or growth:

Origin of attains

1300-50; Middle English atei(g)nen Anglo-French, Old French ateign- (stem of ateindre) Vulgar Latin *attangere (for Latin attingere), equivalent to Latin at- at- + tang

Examples for attains

This family of doctrines held that human beings had the potential to attain immortality through their own agency.

Before you attempt this risky fashion move, you need to attain the chest necessary to fill out even the most modest of V-necks.

“The U.S. Navy will attain IOC [initial operational capability] in 2018 with 3F software,” DellaVedova wrote.

The ideal, or even my own ideal, I shall probably not attain.

Again, take weight loss: it appears that lacking a network of social support can make it much harder to attain.

I may attain great merit by my struggle, but I cannot make myself a Kant.

While God's Will may be for our happiness, we can attain to neither the happiness nor the Will—as yet.

And to attain it, we must be aware of its full meaning—and ready to pay its full price.

Every thought was bent to attain the end, no labour was deemed to arduous.

Dahl went on to attain nationwide fame and his own syndicated broadcast as a result of Disco Demolition Night.

Word Value for attains
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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