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earn

verb

ɜrn

Meaning

To obtain money, typically as payment for work or through investment; to acquire or deserve through one's efforts.

to receive money in return for work; to deserve through effort

Assets help you earn income even while sleeping.

She earns a good salary at her new job.

gain, make, receive, obtain, acquire, secure, deserve

Entry 1

gain, make, receive, obtain, acquire, secure

Entry 3

make, gain, receive, deserve

spend, lose, waste, forfeit, squander, give

Entry 1

spend, lose, waste, forfeit, squander, give

Entry 3

spend, lose, waste, forfeit

earn money, earn respect, earn living, earn praise, earn degree

To indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future

To identify someone or something seen before; to acknowledge or accept.

To fight against or oppose something actively or passively.

to speak in a rough, harsh voice or to scrape with a coarse sound

to place something in a particular position or condition

To prove someone's innocence or justify their rightfulness.