to reattain
- verb
- /riːəˈteɪn/
:
recuperar
- Following the injury, the athlete put in extra hours at the gym to reattain his former level of performance.
Examples
-
Here was a way to bring pride back to their hollow chests and vacant eyes, some physical means, at last, for poor and undereducated men to reattain the status they once had gained through hunting and battle.
Academic text (1994) -
For manufacturing activities alone, the index (1987 = 100) peaked in 1979 at 80.9, stumbled in the recessions of the early 1980s, reattained the record level in 1983, and continuously grew through 1989.
Academic text (1994) -
Upon completion of this stage, the sweat pad was removed and replaced by a fresh pad, while the subject reattained the prone position.
Academic text (1993) -
Even under the luckiest of circumstances, the regime is unlikely to reattain its pre-1989 foreign balances -- and economic prospects at that time were hardly enviable.
Academic text (1992) -
There was a long and important friendship between him and mystic Krishnamurti, which went through a rocky interval in later years, and although they overcame their differences and remained friends until Krishnamurti's death, the relationship did not reattain its previous intensity.
Blog text (26) -
No, the body houses death; you must expel everything that sluiced in on the binge. To reattain your purity, just purge: grant to emptiness a sacred yes.
Fiction book (1998) -
After years of hard work, she was able to reattain her position as the top salesperson in the company.
-
He struggled to reattain the trust of his friends after the incident that caused such disappointment.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
Have again something you had before it was lost or taken
748
2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
275
3.3
To get something back after losing it
110
5.8
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
99
3.0
Get back something you had given, lent, or lost
77
4.1
To get back something you lost or gave away
70
3.5
Bring back a previous situation, function, or position
37
4.3
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
33
3.4
Get back someone or something you lost
5
5.5
To get something back after you lose or give it up
2
6.6
To take back a job or duty you had before
1
5.7
The act of taking back something lost, for example land or a title
To find something again after you lost it
Antonyms
How Restored
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reattain is made of the prefix re- meaning 'again' and attain meaning 'to reach'. So to reattain something is to 'reach' or 'get' it 'again' after you have lost it.