attainability

at·tain

 (ə-tān′)

v. at·tained, at·tain·ing, at·tains

v.tr.

1. To gain as an objective; achieve: attain a diploma by hard work.

2. To come to or arrive at, as through movement, growth, or the passage of time: Redwoods can attain a height of 300 feet.

v.intr.

To succeed in a directed effort, process, or progression: attained to high office; eventually attained to wisdom.

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[Middle English atteinen, from Old French ataindre, ataign-, to reach to, from Vulgar Latin *attangere, from Latin attingere : ad-, ad- + tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]

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at·tain′a·bil′i·ty n.

at·tain′a·ble adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

attainability - the state of being achievable   achievability, attainableness possibleness, possibility - capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"

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