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UK
/ɐtˈeɪnəbəl/
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[ US /əˈteɪnəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /əˈteɪnəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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capable of being attained or accomplished
choose an attainable goal
art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study
How To Use attainable In A Sentence
- Could the hearts of kings and the counsels of cabinets be known with that literal exactness which is so desirable in politics, and yet so unattainable, we should probably find that Prussia's apparent readiness to lead Germany was owing to her determination that German armies should be led nowhere to the assistance of Austria. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861
- The second is to realise when the goal is unattainable and turn the envy towards an achievable outcome. Times, Sunday Times
- It is an ambitious target, but Leblanc believes it is attainable.
- But I speak with practical accuracy when I give that title to such views as on the whole affirm the attainableness here below of a spiritual condition in which man needs no longer confess himself as now a sinner, and in which his attention tends to be drawn more to his perfectness than to his imperfections of condition. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians
- Some economists think that full employment in Europe is an unattainable goal.
- It appears that the maximum plasma temperature attainable by ohmic heating in a tokamak is 20-30 million degrees Celsius. Nuclear fusion power
- Measurable by him who hath time, weighable by a good weigher, attainable by strong pinions, divinable by divine nut-crackers: thus did my dream find the world: -- Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none
- It is easy to see the superrich as different, with gilded and unattainable lives. Times, Sunday Times
- Role models do seem to play an important part, but seem to have the most impact if they present an attainable target. Times, Sunday Times
- Their affection blossoms into love which is unfortunately unattainable.