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

22 September 2024

SPRINGBOARD

(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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