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attain
Verb
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Someone attains a status if they reach it and start to have that status.
My brother attained first place in the race.
After 4 years at university, she attained her degree.
an
Determinative
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An (or a) is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
I just ate an apple.
It is indeed an honor to have met you today.
objective
Noun
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An objective is something that you are trying to do.
The main objective of our visit was to climb Mount Kenya.
I share the objective of everyone in Britain who want our soldiers home.
Sometimes a team is more successful than an individual in achieving challenging objectives.
We plan to extend the network with the objective of connecting up 3 million more homes by 1990.
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An objective is a place you want to get to.
objective
Adjective
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If something is objective, it is based on facts and things we can see and touch without using people's feelings.
It is hard to find objective measures of artistic ability.
Newspapers try hard to publish objective stories.
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If someone is objective, they are thinking about things logically based on facts.
Watching the play on TV can help an actor to be more objective about his performance.