attainment
Other forms: attainments
The effort put into something and the pay-off when the work is over is called attainment. Attainment of your goal of learning to make the perfect omelet requires breaking a lot of eggs.
An attainment isn't just handed to you — you have to earn it through skill and hard work. In fact, in slang, attainment is used interchangeably with skill. You might say that the inventiveness and originality of a particular rapper is his attainment, just as his fame, fortune, and respect in the hip-hop community is also his attainment.
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the act of achieving an aim“the attainment of independence”types:recordan extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)successan attainment that is successfulcourse credit, creditrecognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hoursaccession, rise to powerthe act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)track recordthe fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrackworld recordthe best record in the whole worldwinningsucceeding with great difficultyconquestsuccess in mastering something difficultcoupa brilliant and notable successscorethe act of scoring in a game or sportsolutionthe successful action of solving a problemtype of:
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an ability that has been acquired by trainingsynonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, skilltypes:horsemanshipskill in handling and riding horsesliteracythe ability to read and writemarksmanshipskill in shootingmastershipthe skill of a mastermixologyskill in preparing mixed drinksnumeracyskill with numbers and mathematicsoarsmanshipskill as an oarsmansalesmanshipskill in selling; skill in persuading people to buyseamanshipskill in sailingshowmanshipthe ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive mannerswordsmanshipskill in fencingboatmanshipskill in handling boatshousecraftskill in domestic managementpriestcraftthe skills involved in the work of a prieststagecraftskill in writing or staging playstradecraftskill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionagewatercraftskill in the management of boatswoodcraftskill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
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arrival at a new stage
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This nonfiction narrative focuses on the American naval officer Richard Evelyn Byrd, who was accompanied by his dog Igloo, as he explored both the North and South Poles in the mid-1920s.