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reattain en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɹiːəˈteɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English attain English reattain From re- + attain.

Meanings

1. To attain again.
   • On balance, it would seem fair to say that the standards of 1939 were about equalled, being not yet reattained in some respects but excelled in others. 1956 September, S. C. Crowther-Smith, “Exile's Return”, in Railway Magazine, page 586:
   • While the Deutsche Bundesbahn has not reattained the pre-eminence in European railway speed that the German railways enjoyed before the 1939-1945 war, speeds in that country are steadily moving upwards [...]. 1962 August, 'Mercury', “The fastest trains on the Continent, 1962: II—Western Germany”, in Modern Railways, page 125:

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