ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Regaining

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Regaining is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of regain.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of regain.

More Meanings

  1. The act by which something is regained.

Example Sentences

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.
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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for regaining

Depending on context, synonyms include restitution, return, restoration.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include restoration, return, restitution, recovery, recovering, restore.

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