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attainment
attainment
noun
Definition of ATTAINMENT
1
a successful result brought about by hard work <first place in the state journalism competition is quite an attainment>
Related Words blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner; conquest, gain, victory, win; skill; deed, feat, performance; arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization
Near Antonyms botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles; bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout; disappointment, letdown, loss, setback
Antonyms nonachievement
2
the state of being actual or complete <the attainment of man's age-old dream of flying was at last realized in 1903 by Orville and Wilbur Wright>
Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realization
Antonyms naught (also nought), nonfulfillment
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