# regain

Pronunciation: US say "ree-GAYN" /ɹiˈɡeɪn/; UK say "ri-GAYN" /ɹɪˈɡeɪn/

## Verb

1. To get something back, or to recover possession of something that was lost.
   - Simple: To get something back that you had before.
   - _The team managed to regain the lead in the final minutes of the match._
   - _It took her months to regain the trust of her colleagues after the mistake._

## Noun

Pronunciation: say "REE-gayn" US /ˈɹiˌɡeɪn/, UK /ˈɹiːɡeɪn/

2. The act or process of getting something back, or of recovering possession of it.
   - Simple: The act of getting something back that you had before.
   - _The regain of public trust required years of consistent and honest effort._
   - _Doctors carefully monitored the patient's steady regain of motor function._
3. The amount of width a woven cloth grows by when its fibers swell, used to determine which reed width to use in weaving.
   - Simple: The extra width a piece of cloth gains when its threads swell, used to pick the right reed for weaving.
   - _Experienced weavers calculate the regain before choosing a reed for the warp._
   - _Because cotton swells more than wool, its regain figure tends to be larger._

## Origin

From Middle French regaigner (modern French regagner); by surface analysis it breaks down into the prefix re- plus gain.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/regain (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).