Earn

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English

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Etymology

Old English earnian

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Pronunciation

  • (RP): /ɜːn/, /3:n/
  • (US): ûrn, /ɝn/, /3`n/
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Homophones

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Verb

to earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past earned, past participle earned); "earnt" is incorrect

  1. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

to gain (success) through applied effort or work

  1. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

to receive (money) for working

  1. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

to deserve (something)

  1. (intransitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

to receive money for working

  1. Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.
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Derived terms

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Synonyms

  • (gain through applied effort or work):
  • (transitive: receive (money) for working):
  • (deserve): deserve, merit
  • (intransitive: receive money for working):
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Translations

gain through applied effort or work

transitive: receive (money) for working

deserve

intransitive: receive money for working

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Frisian

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Noun

earn

  1. eagle
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Old English

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Etymology

From Germanic *arn-, from Indo-European *er-, *or-, eagle, large bird. Cognate with Old Saxon arn (Dutch arend), Old High German aro (German Aar), Old Norse ǫrn (Swedish örn, Danish ørn), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌰; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Greek ὄρνις, Armenian oror, gull, Old Irish irar (Irish iolar), Lithuanian erēlis, eagle, Old Church Slavonic orlьlъ (Russian орёл, eagle)

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /æarn/
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Noun

earn, -es m

  1. eaglefr:earn

io:earn it:earn hu:earn ja:earn fi:earn zh:earn

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