to earn

Examples

• All

• You must earn your teacher's trust by being honest and responsible.

• And what I choose to do is earn my respect every single day.

  Chris Williamson

• You really have to earn it now.

  Brett Conti

• The key is you earn the right to have that.

• What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world?

• A credit recovery program provides the opportunity for students to earn credit for courses previously failed.

  Academic text (2011)

• His bravery and skill soon earned him the respect of the most experienced fighters.

  Academic text (2011)

• The Archdiocese has worked many years indeed, to earn the support of the highest echelons of this City.

  Cabrini (2024)

• The GPAs are not high, but the participants are earning enough credits each semester to matriculate.

  Academic text (2011)

• He believed that it was important to earn your keep by contributing to the household.

Synonyms

W

to win

vsto earn

∞ 1.0

To earn someone's trust or respect by being kind and reliable

is about deserving reward because of effort rather than mere luck

G

to gain

vsto earn

∞ 1.4

To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills

is about deserved reward from personal actions rather than general obtaining

O

to obtain

vsto earn

619 2.6

To get something by asking or working for it

is about deserving something as a result of personal action rather than just getting it

A

to acquire

vsto earn

458 3.3

To get something or learn a skill over time

is about deserving reward because of one's own effort rather than simply getting

R

to reap

vsto earn

104 3.1

To get rewards from your work or to cut and gather crops like grain

is about deserving something because of personal effort and behavior

G

to garner

vsto earn

• Formal

88 6.0

To collect or get something after effort

is focused more on deserving reward as the result of personal action than mere collecting

R

to reap the harvest

vsto earn

1 3.7

To get the results of work, for example gather crops at harvest

is about deserving outcomes specifically because of one's own actions

Antonyms

L

to lose

∞ 1.1

Fail to understand or follow what someone says

F

to forfeit

81 5.7

To lose something because you break a rule or as a penalty

Idioms

E

to earn a seat at the table

1 5.4

To gain a respected place in a group by working hard

E

to earn crust

• UK

9.0

To make enough money to live

E

to earn one's keep

• Informal

3.4

Do enough work, paid or not, to pay for food and a place to live

Phrasal Verbs

E

to earn a living

33 2.2

To make money to support yourself

Compounds

P

pay as you earn

• UK

4.3

A system that takes income tax from workers' pay before they receive it

P

pay as you earn

• Formal

4.1

A student loan plan that limits monthly payments to part of your income and may forgive the rest after years

How Deserved

to earn

947 1.0

to deserve

∞ 1.9

to merit

41 3.9

Surface Forms

Etymology