Erlangen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- achieve verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
- attain verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
- attainment noun The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion.
- cop noun (informal) A police officer.
- derive verb To get or obtain something from a particular source.
- getting noun The act of obtaining or acquiring something.
- harvest noun The gathering in of a ripe crop, or the crop itself once gathered.
- obtain verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.
Senses
Erlangen is used for these senses in English:
- achieve (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]
- attain (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
- attainment The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
- cop (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- derive (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- getting The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
- harvest (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.
achieve — full definition
- verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
- verb To do well, especially in school or in a career.
attain — full definition
- verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
- noun Something reached or achieved; an accomplishment. (Rare use; usually replaced by "attainment.")