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arrive at
[uh-rahyv] 
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attain
[uh-teyn]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win |
| Notes: | obtain means to come into possession of; attain means to gain with effort |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | determine, decide |
| Synonyms: | agree on, appoint, arrange, arrive at, conclude, define, establish, limit, name, resolve, set, settle, solve, specify, work, work out |
| Antonyms: | disturb, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, affect, arrive at, attain, gain, influence, leave a mark, occur, overwhelm, reach, secure, strike, touch |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | infer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conclude |
| Synonyms: | arrive at, ascertain, assume, believe, collect, conjecture, construe, deduce, derive, draw, draw inference, figure, figure out, gather, glean, guess, induce, interpret, intuit, judge, presume, presuppose, reach conclusion, read between lines, read into, reason, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise, think, understand |
| Antonyms: | misconceive, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive, aim at |
| Synonyms: | advance, arrive at, arrive in time, attain, bear, break for, catch, get to, go, head, light out, meet, move, proceed, progress, reach, set out, strike out, take off |
| Antonyms: | fail |
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain; rise |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, amount to, arrive at, climb to, come to, drop, fall, gain, move, rack up, realize, score, sink, win |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer |
| Synonyms: | announce, arrive at, bring in, come back, come in, come to, communicate, declare, deliver, pass, rejoin, render, reply, report, respond, retort, state, submit |
| Antonyms: | ask, request |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, discover |
| Synonyms: | achieve, arrive at, attain, catch, chance upon, come across, come upon, dig up, effect, encounter, happen upon, hit upon, lay bare, light upon, open up, reach, seize, stumble across, take, turn up, uncover, unearth |
| Antonyms: | lose, miss |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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