attain

1. To gain with effort (synset 202531751)
   "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
   is a type of: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win - attain success or reach a desired goal
   subtypes:

   • score - get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
   • get to, make, progress to, reach - reach a goal
   • begin - achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
   • come to, strike - attain
   • culminate - reach the highest or most decisive point
   • compass - bring about; accomplish
   • average - achieve or reach on average
   • finagle, manage, wangle - achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
   same as: accomplish, achieve, reach
2. Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level (synset 202010848)
   "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
   is a type of: arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
   subtypes:

   • max out - reach a maximum
   • break even - attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport
   same as: hit, reach
3. Find unexpectedly (synset 202291532)
   "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
   is a type of: find, regain - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
   same as: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike
4. Reach a destination, either real or abstract (synset 202024442)
   "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"
   entail: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   subtypes:

   • catch up - reach the point where one should be after a delay
   • scale, surmount - reach the highest point of
   • access, get at - reach or gain access to
   • bottom out - reach the low point
   • peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
   • breast, summit - reach the summit (of a mountain)
   • top - reach or ascend the top of
   • make - reach in time
   • find - succeed in reaching; arrive at
   • culminate - reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
   • come through, get through - succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
   • ground, run aground - hit or reach the ground
   same as: arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach
   verb group: make - reach in time

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