regain

Syllables: re·gain/ɹiːˈɡeɪn/

regain verb: to get back; to recover possession of.

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.
- DUKAT: I blame no one but myself. I was indiscreet. I compromised myself and have been punished accordingly. If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him. Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback. Everything I have lost, I will regain....1996, “Return to Grace”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 14 (Science Fiction), →OCLC
- Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian
Synonyms:

resume

Noun

regain (plural regains)

The act or process of regaining something.
- Patients who plateau after weight loss are more likely to blame the regain on something that they are responsible for – the wrong course of action they took or a specic oversight that they kept repeating–rather than who they are.2019, Sameera Khan, Regain Be Gone
- By beginning deeper, this allows the opposition to start and build much higher, naturally luring them away from their own goal. As long as the actions after a regain are then quick, forward, and performed with quality, counter-attacks can prove a particularly useful attacking strategy to win...2021, Sam Hudson, Football in a Pandemic
The amount of width a woven cloth grows by when the fibers swell, used to determine the width of the reed to use in weaving.
- The number of ends per inch may vary to some slight extent at different places in the width of the cloth and in different pieces woven to the same particulars , but if the regain is correctly estimated , the calculated reed to be used will be the same, unless a special reed has been used in weaving...1912, National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, page 105
- In particular, at high humidities the regain of wool is lower.2008, J. W. S. Hearle, W E Morton, Physical Properties of Textile Fibres, page 190

regain meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

regain in Tamil

மறுபடியும் ஈட்டு, தேடு, மறுபடிலாபம் பெறு, மீட்டுப்பெறு, மீண்டும் அடை, மீண்டும் பெறுதல்

regain in Urdu

دوبارہ حاصل کرنا, واپس آنا

regain in Bengali

ফিরে পাওয়া

regain in Malayalam

തിരിയെക്കിട്ടുക, വീണ്ടെടുക്കുക, പുനഃപ്രാപിക്കുക

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regain in Kannada: ಮತ್ತೆಪಡೆ, ಮರುಪಡೆ, ಪುನಃಹೊಂದು, ಚೇತರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು

Examples of regain in a sentence

As long as the actions after a regain are then quick, forward, and performed with quality, counter-attacks can prove a particularly useful attacking strategy to win football matches.2021, Sam Hudson, Football in a Pandemic:
The samples with SAPs showed a regain in strength when stored in an RH of more than 90%.2021, Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Arn Mignon, Superabsorbent Polymers, page 155:
Negative collective memories are effective, as much as positive memories, in choosing a regain for lost heritage building associated with them.2022, Antonella Versaci, Hocine Bougdah, Natsuko Akagawa, Conservation of Architectural Heritage, page 375:
Because of the fiber price per pound, and the size of the lots, the regain must be determined accurately.2017, Sabit Adanur, Wellington Sears Handbook of Industrial Textiles, page 590:

All 40 example sentences with regain

Synonyms of regain

resume

Forms of regain

Verb
third-person singular present	regains
present participle	regaining
past participle	regained
past	regained
Noun
plural	regains

Past tense of regain: regained

Plural of regain: regains

Origin of regain

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

Words formed from regain

Words that rhyme with regain

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Questions about regain

What does regain mean?: Regain means to get back; to recover possession of.
What is regain in Tamil?: Regain in Tamil is மறுபடியும் ஈட்டு, தேடு, மறுபடிலாபம் பெறு. See Regain meaning in Tamil.
How do you use regain in a sentence?: As long as the actions after a regain are then quick, forward, and performed with quality, counter-attacks can prove a particularly useful attacking strategy to win football matches.
What part of speech is regain?: Regain can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce regain?: Regain is pronounced /ɹiːˈɡeɪn/.
What is the past tense of regain?: The past tense of regain is regained.

Words near regain in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: regain (page history and authors); regain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regain (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regain (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regain (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regain (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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