Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Attainment has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
an ability that has been acquired by training
"After years of rigorous practice, she finally achieved the attainment of playing a concerto flawlessly on the piano."
The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
"The attainment of her goal required years of dedicated study and relentless practice."
In plain English: Attainment is something you achieve after working hard to reach it.
"Her greatest attainment was graduating from college with honors."
Usage: Use attainment to describe the successful completion of an achievement, such as earning a degree or mastering a skill, rather than focusing on the process itself. It often appears in formal contexts like "academic attainments" but can simply mean reaching a specific goal through hard work.
Attainment comes from the verb attain combined with the suffix -ment, echoing an earlier Old French form meaning a reaching or achieving of something. The word entered English to describe the successful completion or acquisition of a goal, skill, or status.