Crossword clues for regain
regain
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
regain
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
recover/regain your composure (=become calm after feeling angry or upset)
▪ Carter looked stunned, but he soon regained his composure.
regain control of
▪ The Conservatives are hoping to regain control of the city council.
regain/get back/recover your sanity
▪ I took a vacation to try to recover my sanity.
regain/recover consciousness (=wake up)
▪ I wanted to stay at the hospital until he regained consciousness.
regain/recover your balance (=become steady again)
▪ He held onto Carrie until he regained his balance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
never
▪ Perhaps, if he stays, he will never regain the confidence of the City.
▪ It was a missed opportunity that they might never regain.
▪ At half-time he tried to encourage his players by reshuffling his forwards, but they never regained their form.
▪ Tens of thousands of workers may never regain their lost jobs in aerospace, real estate, finance and manufacturing.
▪ He never regained his red face.
▪ The drive toward nationwide immunization never regained its momentum after the Cutter scare.
▪ He sat in the restored Rump in 1659, but never regained his earlier predominance in the county.
▪ He never regained consciousness after hitting the wall.
■ NOUN
attempt
▪ The coroner Nicholas Gardner said the Metro driver's attempts to regain control of her car may have made matters worse.
▪ Congress did make feeble attempts to regain its honor.
▪ They said the cabinet's resignation could only be a first step in an attempt to regain credibility.
▪ Kaloghlian surprisingly appeared at the congress this weekend in an attempt to regain his seat.
▪ Isabel abandoned the attempt and fought to regain her control instead.
balance
▪ Zulei hopped backwards, trying to regain her balance, her mouth a rictus of hate.
▪ Then investors regained their balance, and the market resumed its upward climb.
▪ Evelyn just managed to regain her balance and prevent herself from falling out.
▪ The emerging organizational territory has neither guidebooks nor guideposts to help employees acquire or regain a sense of balance with their environment.
▪ He rocked for a moment on the edge, his arms circling wildly, desperately trying to regain his balance.
▪ When she regained her balance and looked around he - if indeed it had been he - had vanished.
▪ As he straightened up and regained his balance a spasm of pain shot through his left thigh.
▪ In the second her father took to regain his balance she smashed the glass and grabbed one of them.
chance
▪ He saw it as his main chance to regain some respect.
▪ Choosing not to forget Chusok even during the twenty-fourth Olympiad gave us a chance to regain our equilibrium.
▪ They lost 2-0 to Clydebank at Kilbowie and, in the process, missed out on the chance to regain second place.
composure
▪ She was trying desperately to regain her composure.
▪ Freed from the stones' strange attraction to its parts, H-5 regained its composure and lived up to expectations.
▪ Glenn Hoddle's Swindon regained their composure as County lost theirs.
▪ By the time he regains his composure and manages to return home, he realizes that he has thrown away his life.
▪ He looked stunned, almost in a trance, but he soon regained his composure.
▪ Slowly a sense of her own power made itself clear to her, and she regained her composure.
▪ She looked out of the car window, struggling to regain her composure.
▪ To regain her composure, she opened the wine bottle in the kitchen and took a sip.
confidence
▪ Perhaps, if he stays, he will never regain the confidence of the City.
▪ This program enables patients to regain the confidence that they have lost in their ability to sleep.
▪ It will take the dotcoms some time before they regain investor confidence.
▪ When investors looked more calmly during the weekend at what he actually said, they regained some of their confidence.
▪ It was a long time after that before I regained my confidence.
▪ Smith, on the other hand, was isolated in a country just beginning to regain its mathematical confidence.
▪ He took 6 months to regain his confidence that we weren't going to hit him.
▪ The ERCs provide short courses for men and women who need help in regaining their confidence and fitness for work.
control
▪ Fortunately, he quickly regained control, whereas the rest of us lost it permanently.
▪ All of which sounds a bit fishy -- selling off a chunk of the government to regain control of it?
▪ Having even this amount of control may help you to regain a feeling of control over the whole situation.
▪ Rivendell environments provide techniques to assist patients when they are unable to regain emotional control.
▪ I found it difficult to regain control of the beast.
▪ If Republicans lose 21 seats, the Democrats will regain control of the House.
▪ After a terrifying two minutes the crew overpowered Mukonyi, handcuffed him, and regained control of the jet.
▪ The monarchists, therefore, decided to turn their support to the Santanistas in an effort to regain control.
effort
▪ In an effort to regain equilibrium in the enterprise there are attempts to negotiate a settlement.
▪ But we can be sure that Brezhnev will exert every effort to regain the award when he visits Nixon.
▪ The Pennsylvania contest was seen as crucial to the Republican Party's efforts to regain control of the Senate in 1992.
▪ The monarchists, therefore, decided to turn their support to the Santanistas in an effort to regain control.
▪ He blew his nose vigorously, straightened his dressing gown and made a determined effort to regain a measure of composure.
foot
▪ He regained his feet without difficulty.
▪ The staggering ego of this brilliant, creative artist needs your help regaining its feet.
▪ Another series of lunges took him out of the central current and somehow he managed to regain his feet.
▪ This would curtail the crisis within three weeks and regain Britain's foot and mouth-free status within three months.
▪ Mavis fell and struggled desperately to regain her feet.
▪ He landed in a heap on the gravel, regained his feet and fled.
▪ The figure had disappeared by the time he regained his feet.
form
▪ Edberg regained his form against Connell and played like ... well, Stefan Edberg.
▪ For us to be successful, I must regain my form, bring my game up.
▪ At half-time he tried to encourage his players by reshuffling his forwards, but they never regained their form.
▪ Dafoe made 30 saves and appears to have regained the form he showed early in the season.
▪ To what extent he will regain his old form is another matter though.
ground
▪ Thus did ecological explanations regain ground earlier lost to generational ones.
▪ It went down during the 1992 recession and by the end of 1995 had regained the lost ground.
▪ Labour lost further seats in 1982, but regained a lot of ground in the late 1980s.
▪ So far this year, it has regained some of that ground, up 7. 6 percent as this is written.
▪ In Athenian home politics too, democratic views had of late been regaining ground.
▪ Exploiting the feebleness of this excuse, Mr Gonzalez has began to regain the ground lost after the televised debate.
▪ Other publishers do not think they must follow Reed's initiative to regain lost ground.
health
▪ But Richard's elation at regaining his health was short lived because his kidneys started to fail.
▪ All of them found ways to reduce the toxicity and to regain their health and improve their productivity.
▪ He could help her regain her health, even give her a sense of her own worth if he persevered.
▪ Since regaining his health, Richardson has started the past 12 games.
house
▪ Security of tenure also means that a landlord may be unable to regain his house, if he wishes to.
▪ If Republicans lose 21 seats, the Democrats will regain control of the House.
▪ Adam would never try to regain the house by force.
▪ It is the opposite of the Democrats' aim, which is to re-elect Clinton and regain control of House and Senate.
independence
▪ Recently, however, Stoves has regained its independence.
▪ For a few months Joanne stayed at home, but became desperate to get a job and regain her independence.
▪ After all, most countries which were colonies in the past, have regained their independence.
▪ I will continue to abstain until Britain regains its independence.
initiative
▪ Nor could they have been after business regained its initiative in 1947.
▪ The second half opened with a lengthy spell of defending against the wind by Alton, before they gradually regained the initiative.
▪ Before 1905 was out the spectre of social upheaval thus enabled the Tsar's government to regain the initiative.
▪ In the months that followed October the government gradually regained the initiative.
▪ The administration lost no time in trying to regain the initiative for the United States.
lead
▪ Spurs regained the lead in the 51st minute after a mad scramble in the United area before Jason Dozzell slotted home.
▪ Several times Yates attempted to regain the lead, and each time Mladin kept him behind.
▪ But United stepped up a gear and regained the lead four minutes later.
▪ Labour soon regained its lead in the polls, but was clearly shaken to discover that it could be so vulnerable.
▪ Mansell regained the lead as a result, initially by only three seconds once the order had re-settled.
▪ Mr Mansell chased them around the track trying to regain the lead.
▪ Saracens regained the lead, with the home team looking a bit nervous.
▪ In the first match of the second half defending champions Darlington regained the lead beating Durham 4-1.
level
▪ If profits are to regain their levels of the mid-1990s, its revenues need to rise by twice as much.
▪ Only about a third of those who have surgery for broken hips regain the same level of activity as before the fracture.
party
▪ The central issue facing the Labour Party is how to regain power.
▪ In Sao Paulo, after one term of office, right wing parties regained the government.
▪ Main had been promised by the Cunningham party that he would regain his place, yet it had not been done.
place
▪ The Ford driver was furious and trying to regain his place, a very dangerous manoeuvre.
▪ By the time he had regained the place where the track forked it was dark.
▪ As for Adams, he must be hoping that he can regain his place on Party Politics in the coming season.
▪ Hopefully he can recover and regain his test place and give it his best shot.
▪ They lost 2-0 to Clydebank at Kilbowie and, in the process, missed out on the chance to regain second place.
▪ Cost accounting can regain its rightful place alongside, and integrated with, business policy and strategic analyses.
▪ They now provided Sukarno with a vehicle for polemic and controversy which enabled him to regain a place in the public eye.
position
▪ Now Bush has regained his position as frontrunner by winning the first unofficial rounds of the campaign.
power
▪ The central issue facing the Labour Party is how to regain power.
▪ Between the first moment of analytical attenuation and a regain of analytical power is the engram.
▪ Before regaining power in 1919, Labour's last term of office was in 1911-12.
▪ Yet he dreams of being king and solemnly publishes his intentions 169 to regain power and rebuild an empire.
▪ Beaton was visibly trying to regain power.
▪ Eyeless at Gaza, Samson struggled to regain the power to pull down the pillars that destroyed him and his enemies together.
▪ The Securitate has regained its former power and keeps the minorities in the same old state of terror and repression.
▪ When Labour regained power in 1974, it called for a reassertion of public control of the economy.
seat
▪ Before regaining his seat in 1811 he viewed the Peninsular war theatre.
▪ The party won no seats in 1990, but regained forty-nine seats in 1994.
▪ Kaloghlian surprisingly appeared at the congress this weekend in an attempt to regain his seat.
▪ He regains his seat behind the mahogany counter, a holiday brochure in hand.
▪ The Tories regained a seat and Jeffrey Archer punched the air.
sense
▪ I sat down and tried to regain some sense of equilibrium.
▪ The emerging organizational territory has neither guidebooks nor guideposts to help employees acquire or regain a sense of balance with their environment.
▪ Doctor Robert Dexter sat forward quickly, sucking in a deep breath as he regained his senses.
▪ But humor, of course, is absolutely vital to regaining a sense of self-worth.
▪ Nowadays we are regaining some of our sense of perspective.
strength
▪ What you must do meantime is regain your strength.
▪ It had dragged him back to the stairwell, had gutted and fed from him to regain its strength.
▪ They also conceded to an expedient truce, each hoping to fight again once it had regained strength.
▪ Oliver is found again Oliver began to recover and slowly regain his strength.
▪ He was regaining his strength after six hours underground.
▪ It was the only way she could regain her strength.
▪ Now, having regained a little strength of her own, she seemed cruelly intent on conquering him.
title
▪ Hodkinson's defeat was only his second loss in 24 contests and he has since vowed to regain his title.
▪ Kasparov's recent performance had been lacklustre and many experts were predicting that Karpov was about to regain the world title.
▪ In 1963 he had the great satisfaction of helping Stoke City regain the First Division title.
weight
▪ Try not to regain weight, and go for an overall loss by the end of each month.
▪ They described, once again, how most people regain the weight on diets and how weight cycling leads to increased mortality.
▪ And people suffering from a severe injury or illness usually need to regain weight.
▪ After about five years, 70 percent of patients regain all the weight.
▪ Perhaps you even regain some weight.
▪ After five years, her body adjusted to its shortened intestines, and she regained all the weight.
▪ He had regained his weight and, though pale, was almost handsome.
■ VERB
fight
▪ Forty-eight years later, Park is fighting to regain those rights so that he can have a say in his local government.
▪ Isaac fought heroically to regain his legal portion of the thoroughfare.
▪ But not only is he fighting an injury, he's also fighting to regain his confidence.
help
▪ Having even this amount of control may help you to regain a feeling of control over the whole situation.
▪ The emerging organizational territory has neither guidebooks nor guideposts to help employees acquire or regain a sense of balance with their environment.
▪ Perhaps the time spent away from him would help her regain some control over the wild emotions roiling inside her.
▪ They helped him regain selective movements in his arm, and to control the grasp reflex in his hand.
▪ It contains Panthenol to help hair regain its bounce and elasticity.
▪ Treatment may include helping the person to regain control of the bladder with help from a community nurse or continence adviser.
▪ In 1963 he had the great satisfaction of helping Stoke City regain the First Division title.
▪ The Jersey Championship may not be a classic, but it helped Jacklin to regain the old jaunty confidence.
struggle
▪ In vain she struggled to regain control of herself, but it was too late.
▪ Eyeless at Gaza, Samson struggled to regain the power to pull down the pillars that destroyed him and his enemies together.
▪ She looked out of the car window, struggling to regain her composure.
▪ She walked slowly towards the door, struggling to regain her composure.
▪ Holding her free arm against her cramped side, she struggled to regain control of herself.
▪ Mavis fell and struggled desperately to regain her feet.
try
▪ Zulei hopped backwards, trying to regain her balance, her mouth a rictus of hate.
▪ She is still trying to regain mastery over it.
▪ The Ford driver was furious and trying to regain his place, a very dangerous manoeuvre.
▪ Terry had come out of prison to try to regain his control over the organization.
▪ She was trying desperately to regain her composure.
▪ He rocked for a moment on the edge, his arms circling wildly, desperately trying to regain his balance.
▪ Adam would never try to regain the house by force.
▪ Beaton was visibly trying to regain power.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
regain your senses
▪ Out in the fresh air, she quickly regained her senses.
▪ Doctor Robert Dexter sat forward quickly, sucking in a deep breath as he regained his senses.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Bill spent two weeks in the hospital regaining his strength after the operation.
▪ I don't know if I can ever regain my faith in him after what he's done.
▪ Iowa State regained the lead in the second half.
▪ It is unsure whether Kahn will regain full use of his right hand.
▪ Republicans hope to regain control of the House of Representatives.
▪ The army is struggling to regain control over the southern part of the country,
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All of them found ways to reduce the toxicity and to regain their health and improve their productivity.
▪ But the power of men like Allen ebbed quickly after segregationist Democrats regained command of the Legislature in 1872.
▪ He rocked for a moment on the edge, his arms circling wildly, desperately trying to regain his balance.
▪ Now, having regained a little strength of her own, she seemed cruelly intent on conquering him.
▪ Slowly a sense of her own power made itself clear to her, and she regained her composure.
▪ The Ford driver was furious and trying to regain his place, a very dangerous manoeuvre.
▪ With them went went whatever chance I ever had of regaining my childhood.
▪ Your front wheels are sliding; you must regain traction, grip.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regain
Regain \Re*gain"\ (r?*g?n"), v. t. [Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.] To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.
Syn: To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
regain
vb. (context transitive English) To get back; to recover possession of.
WordNet
regain
v. get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover, retrieve, find]
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" [syn: find] [ant: lose]
Usage examples of "regain".
He rested her back against the wall, his forehead pressed to hers, struggling to regain his ability to breathe.
Lily attempted to regain her ability to breathe, listening to the next song, a slow, moody number.
In offering a few hints for the domestic management of these abnormal conditions, we would at the same time remark, that, while health may be regained by skillful treatment, recovery will be gradual.
Containing Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and his poems on several occasions.
Frik Van Alman would be more upset about not regaining the artifact than he would ever have been about losing the oil rig.
Now, fierce, Sir Gui did curse the Fool amain, And, cursing, strove his dagger to regain.
Lars Aquavit, who had regained his cheerful equilibrium since that afternoon.
Kurt von Schuschnigg, quickly regained control, and the rebels, though promised safe-conduct to Germany through the intervention of the German minister, were arrested and thirteen of them later hanged.
I have accordingly ordered General Cunningham to attack with all available resources, regain Sidi Rezegh, and join hands with Tobruk garrison, which is to co-operate by attacking the enemy on its front.
Yet he could never quite find the right moment to tactfully assert his rights and take a place there in his bed beside his wife, and watching her slow movements about the house, he knew it would be some time yet before he could find relief for his baser needs with her, though he found her newly regained slimness most distracting.
Susan Bates merely laughed, feeling that she had regained the upperhand.
He also knew that if he eased up on the pressure, Batt might regain his nerve and become defiant.
As the only one of the arrivals with a sound footing on land, bn Bem rushed into the water to aid the struggling Kirk and Spock in regaining their footing.
When, on their return journey, they had regained the summit of the Armboth Fell, and were about to descend past Blea Tarn towards Wythburn, they stood for a moment at that highest point and took a last glimpse of the mournful little company, with the one riderless horse in front, that wended its way slowly beyond Rosthwaite, along the banks of the winding Derwent, which looked to them now like a thin streak of blue in the deep valley below.
During the third round of bleachers, he collapsed between the third and fourth rows on the home side, and never regained consciousness.