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regaining

regaining is the present participle and gerund of regain.

Meaning of regain

Verb

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

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    resume

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Noun

regaining (plural regainings)

  1. The act by which something is regained.
    • We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only.1842, The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, page 339
    • The left knee is placed as far back and as near the median line as possible; the spine is strongly bent to the right. The creeping consists of forward locomotion by a series of reversals and regainings of the position described.1926, Samuel Kleinberg, Scoliosis: Rotary Lateral Curvature of the Spine, page 194

Forms of regaining

pluralregainings

Phrases with regaining

Questions about regaining

What does regaining mean?
Regaining means the act by which something is regained.
What is regaining the present participle and gerund of?
Regaining is the present participle and gerund of regain.
What part of speech is regaining?
Regaining is a noun.
What is the plural of regaining?
The plural of regaining is regainings.

Words near regaining in the dictionary

  1. regained one's senses
  2. regainer
  3. regainers
  4. regainest
  5. regaineth
  6. regaining
  7. regaining one's senses
  8. regainings
  9. regainment
  10. regainments
  11. regains

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