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Synonyms for attain

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Synonyms for attain

to succeed in doing

to reach (a goal or objective)

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Synonyms for attain

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And to attain this end, we have the light called conscience that God has implanted in our souls."
And as soon as it was attained another aim would immediately present itself, replacing its predecessor.
Then you will make a law that they shall have such an education as will enable them to attain the greatest skill in asking and answering questions?
These, I said, are the points which you must consider; and those who have most of this comprehension, and who are more steadfast in their learning, and in their military and other appointed duties, when they have arrived at the age of thirty have to be chosen by you out of the select class, and elevated to higher honour; and you will have to prove them by the help of dialectic, in order to learn which of them is able to give up the use of sight and the other senses, and in company with truth to attain absolute being: And here, my friend, great caution is required.
They will begin by sending out into the country all the inhabitants of the city who are more than ten years old, and will take possession of their children, who will be unaffected by the habits of their parents; these they will train in their own habits and laws, I mean in the laws which we have given them: and in this way the State and constitution of which we were speaking will soonest and most easily attain happiness, and the nation which has such a constitution will gain most.
And do you also agree, I said, in describing the dialectician as one who attains a conception of the essence of each thing?
As they ascended still higher, there were cool breezes that refreshed and braced them, and springing with new ardor to their task, they at length attained the summit.
For a time, the Indian fable seemed realized: he had attained that height from which the Blackfoot warrior, after death, first catches a view of the land of souls, and beholds the happy hunting grounds spread out below him, brightening with the abodes of the free and generous spirits.
Their military weapons attained colossal proportions, and their projectiles, exceeding the prescribed limits, unfortunately occasionally cut in two some unoffending pedestrians.
The doctrines of Plato are necessarily different at different times of his life, as new distinctions are realized, or new stages of thought attained by him.
The River Sutlej was also likely to attain medium flood level (discharge ranging 70,000 to 90,000 cusecs) with sharp peak upto 130,000 cusecs on August 23 and it could experience low flood at Islam Headworks on August 25, an FED press release said.Presently, the River Indus was flowing in medium flood at Guddu and in low flood at Sukkur and in Kalabagh-Taunsa Reach.
Meanwhile, goals that fall under agriculture, forestry and fisheries, governance as well as culture and values, have low likelihood of being attained.
The Attain app is the first of its kind designed specifically to offer users a personalized experience that combines their health history with the power of the Apple Watch to help them achieve better health and well-being.
According to Duterte, 'there is a need to create a national task force that will provide an efficient mechanism and structure for the implementation of the whole-of-nation approach to aid in the realization of the collective aspiration of the Filipino people to attain inclusive and sustainable peace.'