attain

Meaning

Verb

• To gain (an object or desired result).
• To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
• To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
• To get at the knowledge of.
• To reach in excellence or degree.
• To reach a person after being behind them.

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman ataindre, from Old French, from Latin attingō.