regain

/riˈgeɪn/

/rɪˈgeɪn/

Other forms: regained; regaining; regains

After you get off of a crazy carnival ride, you'll probably have to regain your balance, or get it back.

Any time you've lost something and want to recover it, you hope to regain it. If your friend is furious with you because you didn't keep a secret she told you, you'll probably try to regain her trust and as a result, regain her friendship.

Definitions of regain

1. verb

   get or find back; recover the use of
   “She regained control of herself”

   synonyms: find, recover, retrieve

   find

   come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

   types:

   access

   obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

   address

   access or locate by address

   log in, log on, log-in

   enter a computer

   type of:

   acquire, get

   come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
2. verb

   come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
   synonyms: find

   find

   obtain through effort or management

   find, recover, retrieve

   get or find back; recover the use of

   types:

   feel

   find by testing or cautious exploration

   locate, turn up

   discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

   attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike

   find unexpectedly

   rout out, rout up

   get or find by searching

   unearth

   bring to light

   nail, pinpoint

   locate exactly

   type of:

   acquire, get

   come into the possession of something concrete or abstract