attainable

/ə'teinəbl/

Thân thiện

Set an attainable goal for your next project.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being achieved, reached, or accomplished: Describes something that is possible to obtain or realize, often through effort or planning. It implies that the goal or object is within reach and not impossible.

Usage

• As an adjective modifying a noun: Typically placed before the noun it describes.
  • We need to set attainable objectives for the team this quarter.
  • Financial independence is an attainable dream with careful saving.
• Used with linking verbs like "be", "seem", "become": Describes the state or quality of the subject.
  • That sales target is no longer attainable.
  • With this new technology, a cure seems attainable.

Examples

• In general contexts:
  • The project's goals are challenging but attainable.
  • She broke the record, proving that it was an attainable mark after all.
• In advice or planning:
  • Set small, attainable steps to build momentum toward your larger goal.
  • Is a perfect score on this test attainable for an average student?

Advanced Usage

• "Easily attainable": Emphasizes that something can be achieved without excessive difficulty.
  • The necessary permits were easily attainable.
• "Readily attainable": Suggests something is immediately or conveniently available.
  • The data is readily attainable from the public database.
• "Within attainable reach": A phrase emphasizing proximity to achievement.
  • Victory is now within attainable reach.

Variants and Related Words

• Attain (verb): To achieve or accomplish something, especially after effort.
  • She finally attained her goal of becoming a doctor.
• Attainability (noun): The quality of being attainable.
  • The attainability of the plan is its greatest strength.
• Attainment (noun): The act of achieving something or a thing achieved.
  • Academic attainment is important to him.

Synonyms

• Achievable: Capable of being brought to a successful conclusion.
• Realizable: Able to be made real or concrete.
• Feasible: Possible and practical to do easily or conveniently.
• Within reach: Close enough to be achieved or obtained.

Antonyms

• Unattainable: Impossible to achieve or reach.
• Impossible: Not able to occur, exist, or be done.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Set the bar at an attainable level": To establish a goal or standard that is realistically achievable.
  • For beginners, it's important to set the bar at an attainable level.
• "Pie in the sky" (Idiom, often contrasted with 'attainable'): Describes an unrealistic hope or plan.
  • His plan wasn't attainable; it was just pie in the sky.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being attained or accomplished
   • choose an attainable goal
   • art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study

Từ đồng nghĩa

• come-at-able