Definition of "attaining" []

• Present participle of attain. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "I was extremely popular with the veteran population and was extremely successful in attaining their long awaited benefits."
• "Connie: I had no idea that medical schools admitted high numbers of poli sci & English majors, due to their ease in attaining high GPAs./sarcasm"
• "I had no idea that medical schools admitted high numbers of poli sci & English majors, due to their ease in attaining high GPAs./sarcasm."