Words / C1

ri-GAYN/rɪˈɡeɪn/

To regain is to get back something lost: regain control, regain a cohort. Retrieve (already in the dictionary) is fetch back, often of objects or files; lose sits opposite. Averaging a slice away is a cut, not courtesy.

Meaning

To get back something you had lost.

Examples

• “Regain the night cohort in the n; averaging it away is a cut.”
• “Retrieve is already in this course (fetch). Recover is already in this course (health/state). Courtesy is manner. A slice is methods. Name the slice; keep the manners for the email.”

Good to know

Get back what was lost. Close: retrieve / recover (already in the dictionary). Averaging away a slice is a cut.

Near in meaning

recover

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