All 4 Uses
attain
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A Room With A View
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- It seemed no longer a tower, no longer supported by earth, but some unattainable treasure throbbing in the tranquil sky.†
Chpt 4unattainable = not able to be gained or reached with effortstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unattainable means not and reverses the meaning of attainable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Living in delicate seclusion, some in furnished flats, others in Renaissance villas on Fiesole's slope, they read, wrote, studied, and exchanged ideas, thus attaining to that intimate knowledge, or rather perception, of Florence which is denied to all who carry in their pockets the coupons of Cook.†
Chpt 5attaining = gaining or reaching something with effort
- After many conquests we shall attain simplicity.†
Chpt 12 *attain = gain or reach something with effort
- Youth enwrapped them; the song of Phaethon announced passion requited, love attained.†
Chpt 20attained = gained or reached something with effort
Definitions:
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(1)
(attain) to gain or reach something with effort
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)