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Verb attain has 4 senses
- achieve, accomplish, attain, reach - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
--1 is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- reach, hit, attain - reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
--2 is one way to arrive, get, come
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
--3 is one way to find, regain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
Sample sentence:
They attain the water
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