reattain

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ attain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːəˈteɪn/

Verb

reattain (third-person singular simple present reattains, present participle reattaining, simple past and past participle reattained)

  1. To attain again.
    • 1956 September, S. C. Crowther-Smith, “Exile's Return”, in Railway Magazine, page 586:
      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.
    • 1962 August, 'Mercury', “The fastest trains on the Continent, 1962: II—Western Germany”, in Modern Railways, page 125:
      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 [...].

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