Vocabulary
Attainment
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action or fact of achieving a goal towards which one has worked.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Educational attainment generally shows substantial progress.
- The 2023 census indicates that the 20-29 age group has a degree attainment of nearly 14pe, more than double the national adult average.
- InPakistan, research by Daraz et al (2023) found a strong link between women`s educational attainment and empowerment in mate selection.
- The World Economic Forum ranks the country near the bottom in educational attainment and economic participation a double whammy that threatens to leave us behind in the global knowledge economy.
- It is calculated with the help of data across four important dimensions of women`s lives: economic participation and opportunity; educational attainment; health and survival; and political empowerment.
Synonyms
achievement, accomplishment, realization, realizing, fulfilment, fulfilling, effecting.
Antonyms
naught. (also nought), nonfulfillment
Curator example
“the attainment of corporate aims”
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