All 5 Uses
attain
in
The Call of the Canyon
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- Carley was finally forced to shift her attention from the intimate objects of the canyon floor to the aloof and unattainable heights.†
Chpt 3unattainable = 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.
- In a moment she was racing at a speed she had never before half attained on a horse.†
Chpt 6 *attained = gained or reached something with effort
- Not attainable except through love!†
Chpt 9attainable = able to be gained or reached with effortstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- That, and the earning of her endurance, seemed to bring closer a wonderful reward, still nameless and spiritual, that had been unattainable, but now breathed to her on the fragrant desert wind and in the brooding silence.†
Chpt 11unattainable = 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.
- Carley dismounted from her panting horse, answering the familiar impulse to attain heights by her own effort.†
Chpt 12attain = gain or reach something with effort
Definitions:
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(1)
(attain) to gain or reach something with effort
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)