She values educational attainment above all else.
Her scientific attainments have made her quite well-known in the field of biology.
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First Known Use: 1543
in the meaning defined at sense 2
See Words from the same yearaccomplishment, achievement, acquirement, baby, coup, success, triumph;
botch, mess, muddle, shambles;
bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout;
blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner;
deed, feat, performance;
arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization;
a feather in one's cap;
: the state or condition of having gotten or done something difficult : the act of attaining something
: something that has been gotten, done, or achieved through effort
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