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What does obtainable mean?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The word obtain means get or gain or takes in, as in this sentence: He would obtain information by taking documents out of the trash can. He would getinformation by taking documents out of the trash can. For more definitions use the link provided below.
[Middle English obteinen, from Old French obtenir, from Latin obtinēre, ob-, intensive pref.; see ob-, + tenēre, to hold.]

(verb: -tained, -tain·ing, -tains.) ; (transitive verb) ; To succeed in gaining possession of as the result of planning or endeavor; acquire. ; (intransitive verb) # To be established, accepted, or customary: "standards, proprieties that no longer obtain" (Meg Greenfield) # Archaic To succeed.

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9y ago

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