attainment.

The achievement of an objective, standard, or degree of ability.

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Words that belong together

• educational attainment
• attainment of a goal

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Educational attainment rose even where household income did not.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular attainment; plural attainments. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.