how to pronounce attain

/əˈtɛɪn/

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attain is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of attain in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… which I want to attain and then I can …”

meaning of attain

Attain means to reach or get to something.

attain frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word attain occurs in english on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics attain can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that attain can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;