attain
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
to gain with effort
she achieved her goal despite setbacks
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- accomplishment derivation
- attainment derivation
- achiever derivation
- accomplishable derivation
- come-at-able derivation
Sense 2 verb
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
The thermometer hit 100 degrees
Types & categories
- arrive hypernym
- max out hyponym
- break even hyponym
Related & opposite
- attainment derivation
Sense 3 verb
find unexpectedly
the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
Types & categories
- regain hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
reach a destination, either real or abstract
We hit Detroit by noon
Types & categories
- catch up hyponym
- surmount hyponym
- get at hyponym
- bottom out hyponym
- peak hyponym
- summit hyponym
- top hyponym
- make hyponym
- find hyponym
- culminate hyponym
- come through hyponym
- run aground hyponym
Related & opposite
- attainment derivation
- move entails
- make verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | accomplishment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attainment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | achiever |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | accomplishable |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | come-at-able |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring home the bacon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | score |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | get to |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | begin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | come to |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | culminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compass |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | average |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wangle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attainment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | max out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break even |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | discovery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | discovery |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | regain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | attainment |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | move |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | make |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | surmount |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | get at |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bottom out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | peak |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | summit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | top |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | find |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | culminate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | come through |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | run aground |