regain

CEFRB2

/ɹiːˈɡeɪn/

verb

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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The amount of width a woven cloth grows by when the fibers swell, used to determine the width of the reed to use in weaving.
To get back; to recover possession of.

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I struggled to regain some dignity.
Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.
In particular, at high humidities the regain of wool is lower.

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Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.
2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian
Patients who plateau after weight loss are more likely to blame the regain on something that they are responsible for – the wrong course of action they took or a specic oversight that they kept repeating–rather than who they are.
2019, Sameera Khan, Regain Be Gone
By beginning deeper, this allows the opposition to start and build much higher, naturally luring them away from their own goal. As long as the actions after a regain are then quick, forward, and performed with quality, counter-attacks can prove a particularly useful attacking strategy to win football matches.
2021, Sam Hudson, Football in a Pandemic
The samples with SAPs showed a regain in strength when stored in an RH of more than 90%.
2021, Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Arn Mignon, Superabsorbent Polymers, page 155
Negative collective memories are effective, as much as positive memories, in choosing a regain for lost heritage building associated with them.
2022, Antonella Versaci, Hocine Bougdah, Natsuko Akagawa, Conservation of Architectural Heritage, page 375

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From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.