REGAIN

recover, retrieve, find, regain

(verb) get or find back; recover the use of; “She regained control of herself”; “She found her voice and replied quickly”

find, regain

(verb) come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; “Did you find your glasses?”; “I cannot find my gloves!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

regain (third-person singular simple present regains, present participle regaining, simple past and past participle regained)

(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

Anagrams

• Gainer, Gearin, Reagin, Regina, anigre, earing, gainer, in gear, inrage, raigne, reagin, regian

Source: Wiktionary


Re*gain" (r*gn"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.]

Definition: To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

Syn.

– To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 May 2025

UNEXPLOITED

(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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