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The effort put into something and the pay-off when the work is over is called attainment. Attainment of your goal of learning to make the perfect omelet requires breaking a lot of eggs.

An attainment isn't just handed to you — you have to earn it through skill and hard work. In fact, in slang, attainment is used interchangeably with skill. You might say that the inventiveness and originality of a particular rapper is his attainment, just as his fame, fortune, and respect in the hip-hop community is also his attainment.

DEFINITIONS OF: attainment

n the act of achieving an aim

“the attainment of independence”

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an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); success
an attainment that is successful; course credit, credit
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours; accession, rise to power
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); track record
the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack; world record
the best record in the whole world; winning
succeeding with great difficulty; bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike
a conspicuous success; bell ringer, bull's eye, home run, mark
something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; conquest
success in mastering something difficult; coup
a brilliant and notable success; flying colors, flying colours
complete success; pass, passing, qualifying
success in satisfying a test or requirement; credit hour, semester hour
a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester; overturn, upset
an improbable and unexpected victory; conquest, seduction
an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone; score
the act of scoring in a game or sport; solution
the successful action of solving a problem

Type of:: accomplishment, achievement
the action of accomplishing something

n an ability that has been acquired by training

Synonyms:: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, skill

Types:: show 20 types...; hide 20 types...; craft, craftsmanship, workmanship
skill in an occupation or trade; horsemanship
skill in handling and riding horses; literacy
the ability to read and write; marksmanship
skill in shooting; mastership
the skill of a master; mixology
skill in preparing mixed drinks; numeracy
skill with numbers and mathematics; oarsmanship
skill as an oarsman; salesmanship
skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy; seamanship
skill in sailing; showmanship
the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner; soldiering, soldiership
skills that are required for the life of soldier; swordsmanship
skill in fencing; boatmanship
skill in handling boats; housecraft
skill in domestic management; priestcraft
the skills involved in the work of a priest; stagecraft
skill in writing or staging plays; tradecraft
skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage; watercraft
skill in the management of boats; woodcraft
skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood

Type of:: ability, power
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

n arrival at a new stage

“his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition”

Type of:: arrival, reaching
accomplishment of an objective

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