earn
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English ernen, from Old English earnian, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀanōn, from Proto-Germanic *azanōną. This verb is denominal from the noun *azaniz (“harvest”).
Inflected forms:
form: earns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: earning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: earned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: earned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: earnt
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: earnt
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: earn
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: earn
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: earned
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: earnt
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: earn
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: earnest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: earned
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: earnt
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: earnedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: earns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: earneth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: earned
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: earnt
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: earn
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: earned
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: earnt
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: earn
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: earned
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: earnt
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: earn
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: earning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: earned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: earnt
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.
With their hard work and dedication, they earned respect and a seat at the table.
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.
gloss: To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO.  My bank account is only earning one percent interest.
She earns more than forty thousand dollars a year in passive income from her parents' investments — that's what she gets before she even gets out of bed or lifts a finger.
After stuffing themselves and their clients full of dodgy mortgages at bogus prices with shoddy assertions of safety, many of the world's biggest banks toppled when housing prices fell. Meanwhile, financial executives whose irresponsible policies and slipshod oversight contributed to the collapse nevertheless earned—and kept—billions of dollars in bonuses, stock options, and other forms of incentive compensation. Many of them are still basking in baronial splendor, apparently unscathed even by the pangs of guilty conscience.
gloss: To receive payment for work.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.
gloss: To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: My CD earns me six percent!
In that era, all their long, hard, dangerous labor in the mines barely earned them even enough to eat!
'[T]hough I earned her a lot of money, I have nothing but regrets for what I did.'
gloss: To achieve by being worthy of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to earn a spot in the top 20
Derived words: earnable
earn a crust
earn a living
earner
earnful
earnings
earn one's corn
earn one's crust
earn one's keep
earn one's spurs
earn one's stripes
earn one's wings
earn out
earnout
hard-earned
nonearning
outearn
outourn
overearn
pay as you earn
re-earn
reearn
underearn
unearn
unearned
unearning
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: كَسَبَ
roman: kasaba
lang: Arabic
word: كسب
roman: kisib
lang: Armenian
word: աշխատել
roman: ašxatel
lang: Armenian
word: վաստակել
roman: vastakel
lang: Armenian
word: ստանալ
roman: stanal
lang: Aromanian
word: amintu
lang: Basque
word: irabazi
lang: Belarusian
word: зарабля́ць
roman: zarabljácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: зарабі́ць
roman: zarabícʹ
lang: Bhojpuri
word: कमाईल
roman: kamāīl
lang: Bulgarian
word: зарабо́твам
roman: zarabótvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: зарабо́тя
roman: zarabótja
lang: Catalan
word: guanyar
lang: Catalan
word: cobrar
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 掙 /挣
roman: cĕng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 掙 /挣
roman: zhèng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 賺 /赚
roman: zhuàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 賺取 /赚取
roman: zhuànqǔ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 獲得 /获得
roman: huòdé
lang: Czech
word: vydělat
lang: Dutch
word: verdienen
lang: Esperanto
word: enspezi
lang: Esperanto
word: perlabori
lang: Estonian
word: teenima
lang: Finnish
word: tienata
lang: French
word: gagner
lang: Friulian
word: vuadagnâ
lang: Friulian
word: vanzâ
lang: Galician
word: gañar
lang: German
word: verdienen
lang: Greek
word: κερδίζω
roman: kerdízo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μισθαρνέω
roman: mistharnéō
lang: Hindi
word: कमाना
roman: kamānā
lang: Hungarian
word: keres
lang: Ingrian
word: teenata
lang: Irish
word: tuill
lang: Italian
word: guadagnare
lang: Japanese
word: 稼ぐ
roman: kasegu
lang: Japanese
word: 得る
roman: eru
lang: Khmer
word: ស៊ី
roman: sii
lang: Korean
word: 벌다
roman: beolda
lang: Latin
word: mereō
lang: Macedonian
word: заработува
roman: zarabotuva
lang: Macedonian
word: заработи
roman: zaraboti
lang: Mongolian
word: олох
roman: olox
lang: Norman
word: gângni
lang: Polish
word: zarabiać
lang: Polish
word: zarobić
lang: Portuguese
word: ganhar
lang: Portuguese
word: auferir
lang: Romanian
word: câștiga
lang: Russian
word: зараба́тывать
roman: zarabátyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: зарабо́тать
roman: zarabótatʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: coisinn
lang: Sicilian
word: guadagnari
lang: Sicilian
word: vadagnari
lang: Sindhi
word: ڪَمائِڻُ
roman: kamāiṇu
lang: Slovak
word: zarábať si
lang: Slovak
word: zarobiť si
lang: Spanish
word: ganar
lang: Spanish
word: devengar
lang: Tamil
word: சம்பாதி
roman: campāti
lang: Telugu
word: సంపాదించు
roman: sampādiñcu
lang: Thai
word: หาได้
lang: Turkish
word: kazanmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: заробля́ти
roman: zarobljáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: зароби́ти
roman: zarobýty
lang: Urdu
word: کمانا
roman: kamānā
lang: Venetan
word: vadagnar
lang: Venetan
word: davagnar
lang: Venetan
word: ciapar
lang: Vietnamese
word: kiếm
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتَحَقَّ
roman: istaḥaqqa
lang: Bulgarian
word: заслу́жавам
roman: zaslúžavam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 值得
roman: zhíde
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 應受 /应受
roman: yīngshòu
lang: Esperanto
word: meriti
lang: Finnish
word: ansaita
lang: French
word: mériter
lang: Galician
word: merecer
lang: German
word: verdienen
lang: Irish
word: cosain
lang: Japanese
word: 値する
roman: ataisuru
lang: Polish
word: zasłużyć
lang: Portuguese
word: merecer
lang: Russian
word: заслу́живать
roman: zaslúživatʹ
lang: Russian
word: заслужи́ть
roman: zaslužítʹ
lang: Spanish
word: granjear
lang: Spanish
word: merecer