Regain

Definitions: Regain

Regain

Verb

1. Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly".

2. 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 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "regain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Industry

Personal Care & Hotels

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Synonyms: Regain

Acquisition

Get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own.

Refreshment

Breathe, respire; drink in the ozone; take a break, take a breather, take five, draw breath, take a deep breath, take breath, gather breath, take a long breath, regain breath, recover breath; get better, raise one's head; recover one's strength, regain one's strength, renew one's strength; perk up, get one's second wind.

Crosswords: Regain

French (renewal, upsurge).

To regain your freedom. (Battlestar Galactica; writing credit: Souleymane Cissé)

No. You must regain your strength. (Quest for Camelot; writing credit: Vera Chapman; Kirk De Micco)

Regain (1937)

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Books

• Inner Simplicity: Regain Peace and Spirituality (reference)

• Take Back Your Time: How to Regain Control of Work, Information, and Technology (reference)

• The Simplify Journal: A Workbook to Help You Regain Control of Your Life (reference)

• Tired All the Time: How to Regain Your Lost Energy (reference)

• Ways to Regain Your Life! (Audio CD) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Arthur Honegger: Regain, suite No2 (reference)

• Honegger: Regain (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Easyuninstall Removes Old Apps and Files to Regain Disk Space (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Awaken Your Glands and Nerves and Regain the Vigor of Youth in 24 Hours!.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Goes over the side of USS Barnes (CVE-20), 22 October 1943, after the pilot attempted to regain flying speed after receiving the "Cut" signal from the Landing Signal Officer. The pilot, Ensign Olinyock, A-V(N), and a crew member, F1c Olin Victor Bulgrin, were killed in this accident. Several other crew members were injured. Note triangular flight deck crash barrier supports partially extended below the plane.Credit: NAVY.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some regain of weight is common by 2 to 5 years after operation. (references)

Some patients may regain a degree of awareness after vegetative state. (references)

They also may lose less weight than other people, and may regain weight more quickly. (references)

Business

Taiwan's economy had been recovering from the recent Asian financial crisis since the fourth quarter of l999, when export trade started to regain momentum. (references)

The Canadian Restaurant and food services Association (CRFA) estimates that due to continued growth in Canada's GDP and personal disposable income, Canadians are likely to regain confidence in the economy. (references)

The company plans to bring out nine new products over each of the next 5 years, and with further structural changes throughout Europe should be able to become more competitive and regain some of its previously maintained market share. (references)

Civil Liberties

Czech Republic

The law permits such persons to regain citizenship without having to relinquish the foreign citizenship that they acquired during their absence. (references)

Macedonia

In view of the country's very limited financial resources, it is unlikely that religious communities can expect to regain much from the expropriated properties. (references)

Taiwan

Holders of nonresident passports who normally reside abroad may return and regain their household registration, a document required to vote or participate as a candidate in an election. (references)

Economic History

Sweden

Sweden started to regain lost market share. (references)

Guyana

Firms reported that accounts lost were difficult to regain. (references)

Lithuania

Lithuania failed to regain the Polish-occupied Vilnius region. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

He urged the Administration to expedite its reform agenda if it hopes to regain public trust in judicial institutions. (references)

Russia

Attempts by government forces to regain control over Chechnya were accompanied by the indiscriminate use of air power and artillery. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In February the Chamber ordered the Federation to immediately enable two applicants to regain possession of their apartments in Mostar after local officials failed to evict illegal occupants within the time limits prescribed by law. (references)

Indigenous People

Honduras

Failure to obtain legal redress frequently causes indigenous groups to attempt to regain land through invasions of private property, which usually provoke the authorities into retaliating forcefully. (references)

Political Economy

Botswana

However, the BCP was never able to develop grass roots support, which allowed the BNF to regain its role as official opposition in Parliament following the general elections. (references)

Political Rights

Comoros

Between November 2 and 3, Abeid made an unsuccessful attempt to regain control of Anjouan when he launched an attack against forces loyal to the new military commission. (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

In July an illegal strike by uniformed police in Bahia state led to rioting and looting, which ended only after the Government sent in federal troops to regain control. (references)

Suriname

Civil servants have the right to strike, and strikes in both the public and private sectors are common as workers try to regain wages lost to inflation in previous years. (references)

Macedonia

Workers at times were fired for participating in union activities, and because of the slow pace of the court system, it at times took 2 to 3 years to legally regain employment. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "regain": regain consciousness ♦ regain courage ♦ regain his strength ♦ regain lost ground ♦ regain one's composure ♦ regain one's feet ♦ regain one's footing ♦ regain possession ♦ regain smb.'s health. Additional references.

Albanian

rimarr (recapture, recover, retake), rikthehem (recall, recur, revert), rifitoj (retrieve), riarrij, mbërrij sërish. (various references)

Arabic 

‏لحق (be annexed, catch, recapture), ‏عاد (come back, get back, pass back, return, revert, roll in, step in, turn back), ‏إقتنى ثانية, ‏إستعاد قوات (rally, refresh, revive), ‏إستعاد الصحة, ‏إستعاد (bring back, encore, give back, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, resume, retrieve, scavenge, take), ‏إسترد (call, evict, get back, give back, recall, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, resume, retake, retrieve, return, take back, withdraw). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спечелвам отново, възвръщам си (get back, recapture, redeem, repossess, resume, retrieve), връщам се в (join, re-enter), връщам си (kick back, repay), достигам пак до. (various references)

Chinese 

�"�复 (regaining). (various references)

Czech

znovu dobýt, získat zpìt (reclaim, retrieve). (various references)

Danish

regain, normalt fugtighedsindhold i procent, genoptagelse af fugt. (various references)

Dutch

regain, weer opnemen van vocht, percentage vochtgehalte, inhalen (accomplish, achieve, attain, earn back, get, overhaul, overtake, overtake a vessel, overtaking, pass, passing, reach, to overtake, win back), herwinnen (earn back, recover, win back). (various references)

Esperanto

regajni (earn back, win back). (various references)

Farsi 

غالب شدن بر, دوباره پیداکردن , دوباره رسیدن به , دوباره بدست اوردن (Recoup, Recover, Resume, Retrieve), بازیافتن (Gain, Recover, Resume, Retrieve). (various references)

Finnish

voittaa jälleen, saada takaisin (get back, recover). (various references)

French

regagner (recover), rattraper (recapture). (various references)

German

wiedergewinnen (reclaim, recover, retrieve, to load, to open, to regain, to retrieve, win back). (various references)

Greek 

ξαναβρίσκω (find again, retrieve), φθάνω πάλι, ανάκτηση (information retrieval, recaption, recapture, reclamation, recovery, regaining, regainment, repossession, retrieval), ανακτώ (recapture, recover, repossess, restore, retrieve). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקבל בחזר�" (recoup, recover), לרכוש ש� ית. (various references)

Hungarian

visszaszerez (recover, redeem, retrieve, to get back, to make up, to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate, to redeem, to regain, to resume, to retrieve, to win back), visszanyer (get back, recover, recuperate, resume, retrieve, to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate, to regain, to win back). (various references)

Italian

ripresa d'umidit� , riprendere (begin again, blame, catch again, get back, rebuke, recover, recrudesce, renew, reopen, reprehend, reproach, reprove, resume, scold, shoot, start again, tell off), riguadagnare (recuperate), riacquistare (buy back, recover, repurchase), regain, recuperare (recover, recuperate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

立ち直る (to improve, to recover, to regain one's footing), 立ちなおる (to improve, to recover, to regain one's footing), 目が明く (to come to see, to come to understand, to regain sight), 取り�"す (to get back, to recover, to regain), 取り戻す (to regain, to take back). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たちなおる (to improve, to recover, to regain one's footing), めがあく (to come to see, to come to understand, to regain sight), とりかえす (to get back, to recover, to regain), とりもどす (to regain, to take back). (various references)

Korean 

되찻음. (various references)

Manx

geddyn reesht (recover), cosney reesht. (various references)

Pig Latin

egainray

Portuguese

reentrar na posse de, recuperar (reclaim, recover, recuperate, redeem, restore, resume, retrieve), recuperação (clean up, cleanup, reclaim, reclamation, recovery, recovery procedure, recruitment, recuperation, regeneration, rehabilitation, remediation, repair, retrieval), recobrar (retrieve, upload), readquirir (recover, repurchase, retrieve), voltar a ganhar, voltar a alcançar, taxa de recuperação de humidade. (various references)

Romanian

redobândi (recoup, recover), recuceri, recãpãta (recover, recuperate, repossess, resume, retrieve), recâştiga (make up, recover, recuperate, resume, retrieve), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), ajunge la ţãrm. (various references)

Russian 

восстанавливать (back out, deoxidize, indispose, re establish, reactivate, reassure, rebuild, reclaim, reconstruct, recover, re-create, recuperate, redintegrate, redress, reedify, reenable, re-enable, re-establish, refurbish, reinstate, renew, renovate, revive, undelete, unremove). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ponovo steći (recover), ponovo dobiti (retrieve). (various references)

Spanish

recobrar (get back, pick up, recapture, recoup, recover, repossess, retrieve, win back). (various references)

Swedish

återvinna (reclaim, recover, recovered, recuperate, recycle), återfå (evict, get back, pick up, recover). (various references)

Thai

ไ�"้คืน. (various references)

Turkish

yeniden kazanmak (recuperate), tekrar kavuşmak, geri gelmek (come back, return), geri dönmek (hark back, put back, return, return to, turn back). (various references)

Ukranian 

відновлення (reconstruction, recrudescence, recruit, re-establishment, repair, restoration, resurrection, retrieval), знову досягти, повернути собі (retrieve), повернена сума. (various references)

Welsh

adenill (recover). (various references)

recipere, reparare, revoca, revocabit, revocabo, revocare, revocata, revocaveruntque, revocavit, revoces, revocet. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "regain": regained, regainer, regainers, regaining, regains. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Regain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: begain, Degania, Kregan, Peganina, Rabani, raegan, raggatip, Ragini, reagen, reagin, reagon, regaen, regai, regail, regait, regani, regeimn, regene, reggiani, Reggiano, regia, Regiae, regias, regin, Regmi, regnavit, regoing, Regolini, regrip, regun, relain, renain, rigani, Rigzin, Rogaan, rogain, Rogalin, rogari, rogavit, rogerian, Roghani, Rongai, Rpgii, Rughani, tregian, Uegaki. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: earing, gainer, reagin, regina.

-1 letter: anger, garni, grain, range, regna, reign, renig.

-2 letters: ager, agin, airn, earn, gaen, gain, gane, gear, gien, girn, gnar, gran, grin, near, rage, ragi, rain, rang, rani, rein, ring.

-3 letters: age, ain, air, ane, ani, are, ear, eng, era, erg, ern, gae, gan, gar, gen, gie, gin, ire, nae, nag, rag, ran, reg, rei, ria, rig, rin.

-4 letters: ae, ag, ai, an, ar, en, er, in, na, ne, re.

+1 letter: aginner, aligner, anergia, anergic, angrier, bearing, deraign, earings, earning, earring, engrail, engrain, erasing, fearing, gainers, gearing, germina, gradine, grained, grainer, granite, grannie, gratine, hearing, ingrate, mangier, naggier, nargile, nearing, rangier, reading, reagins, realign, reaming, reaping, rearing, reaving, regains, reginae, reginal, reginas, searing, seringa, tangier, tearing, vinegar, wearing, zingare.

+2 letters: adhering, aerating, aginners, agreeing, alerting, algerine, aligners, allergin, altering, amercing, anearing, anergias, anergies, angaries, angering, angriest, argentic, arginase, arginine, assigner, astringe, averring, averting, bearding, bearings, beraking, berating, bewaring, blearing, breading, breaking, breaming, capering, catering, clearing, creaking, creaming, creasing, creating, deairing, deraigns, derating, dragline, drainage, dreading, dreaming, earnings, earrings, earthing, emigrant, engrails, engrains, enraging, finagler, firefang, freaking, gainlier, ganglier, ganister, gantries, gardenia, gearings, geranial, geraniol, geranium, germanic, germinal, gesneria, gnarlier, gnattier, gradient, gradines, grainers, grainier, granites, grannies, grapline, gratinee, greasing, grievant, hangfire, havering, hearings, hearsing, hearting, imaginer, ingather, ingrates, integral, interage, janglier, lagering, layering, learning, maligner, malinger, margined, midrange, migraine, narghile, nargileh, nargiles, orangier, organdie, organise, organize, papering, pearling, perigean, rangiest, raveling, ravening, razeeing, reaching, reacting, readding, readings, readying, reaginic, realigns, rearming, reassign, rebating, recaning, redating, refacing, regained, regainer, regaling, regional, relacing, relating, relaxing, relaying, remaking, remating, renaming, repaving, repaying, resawing, resaying, retaking, retaping, retaxing, rewaking, rewaxing, sabering, seringas, shearing, signaler, slangier, smearing, snaggier, spearing, swearing, synergia, tabering, tanglier, tapering, treading, treating, triangle, twangier, vinegars, vinegary, vintager, wafering, wagering, watering, wavering, wearying, wreaking, yearling, yearning.

+3 letters: aborigine, accreting, adverting, aerifying, agentries, algerines, allergins, angriness, answering, antiglare, appearing, aragonite, argentine, argentite, arginases, arginines, arraigned, arresting, ashlering, aspersing, asserting, assigners, astringed, astringes, aubergine, aureoling, averaging, badgering, bannering, bantering, barbering, bargained, bargainer, barreling, bartering, battering, beavering, bedraping, beggaring, bereaving, betraying, bewraying, brazening, breaching, breakings, breasting, breathing, cambering, cankering, cantering, careening, careering, caressing, carpeting, caverning, cellaring, centigram, chagrined, clavering, clearings, clearwing, cratering, cravening, cremating, dackering, daggering, daikering, dandering, dangering, darkening, debarking, debarring, declaring, defraying, degrading, demarking, denigrate, departing, depraving, deraigned, derailing, deranging, deratting, diapering, dogearing, draglines, drainages, earthling, embarking, embarring, embracing, emigrants, enamoring, endearing, enframing, engrailed, engrained, engraving, enlarging, ensnaring, escarping, estraying, faltering, farseeing, fathering, featuring, finaglers, firefangs, frangible, gabardine, gaberdine, gainsayer, gandering, ganisters, gannister, gardenias, gardening, garnering, garnished, garnishee, garnishes, garniture, gartering, gathering, gauntries, geranials, geraniols, geraniums, germanium, germanize, germinate, gesneriad, gheraoing, girandole, gnarliest, gradients, grainiest, granaries, grandiose, grandsire, granulite, grapevine, grapiness, graplines, gratineed, gratinees, graveling, greenmail, gregarine, grenadier, grenadine, grievance, grievants, guaranies, hagridden, haltering, hammering, hampering, hangfires, hankering, harbinger, hardening, harkening, heralding, ignorable, ignorance, imaginers, ingathers, ingrafted, ingrained, integrals, integrand, integrate, intergang, iterating, jabbering, jargonize, kashering, kingmaker, laagering, lackering, laddering, lappering, lathering, laureling, laveering, lawyering, layerings, learnings, legionary, magnifier, maligners, malingers, mammering, margarine, marginate, marketing, marveling, mastering, mattering, measuring, menagerie, midranges, migraines, morganite, narghiles, nargilehs, nattering, naughtier, neuralgia, neuralgic, neuroglia, niggarded, nightmare, nightwear, omnirange, operating, orangerie, orangiest, organdies, organised, organiser, organises, organized, organizer, organizes, organzine, originate, overawing, paganizer, paltering, pampering, pandering, panegyric, parceling, parenting, pargeting, pargyline, parleying, pattering, paupering, pellagrin, pervading, preaching, preacting, prearming, preassign, prebaking, predating, prefacing, prefading, preparing, prepaying, presaging, pretaping, quavering, rabbeting, racketing, ranginess, rappeling, rarefying, rattening, ravelings, ravelling, ravenings, realigned, realising, realizing, rearguing, reasoning, reassigns, reavowing, reawaking, rebaiting, recalling, recanting, recapping, recasting, recoaling, recoinage, recrating, redacting, redialing, redrawing, reearning, refalling, reflating, reframing, regainers, regaining, regarding, regauging, regearing, regionals, reglazing, regrading, regrating, rehabbing, rehanging, rehashing, rehearing, reheating, reimagine, reimaging, relapsing, releasing, reloading, reloaning, remailing, remaining, remanding, remanning, remapping, remarking, renailing, repacking, repairing, reparking, repassing, repasting, repealing, repeating, replacing, replating, replaying, reracking, reraising, rereading, resailing, rescaling, resealing, reseating, reshaping, reshaving, reslating, resoaking, respacing, respading, restaging, restating, retacking, retagging, retailing, retaining, retarding, retasting, reteaming, retearing, retracing, revaluing, revamping, revealing, rewarding, rewarming, rewashing, reweaving, saggering, screaking, screaming, seafaring, searching, searingly, seriating, serrating, shearings, shearling, shrinkage, signalers, signaller, signature, slavering, spanglier, spreading, stingaree, streaking, streaming, synergias, tampering, tangerine, targeting, tattering, terracing, threading, threaping, threating, tragedian, trameling, trapesing, traveling, treadling, triangles, unbearing, upbearing, uprearing, uptearing, vinegared, vintagers, wandering, waterings, wearingly, wreathing, yabbering, yammering, yattering, yearlings, yearnings.

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