regain

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb get or find back; recover the use of
  2. verb come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

Etymology

From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.

In classic literature

Synonyms

recover, retrieve, find

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