0 past simple and past participle of regain
1 to take or get possession of something again:
The government has regained control of the capital from rebel forces.
She made an effort to regain her self-control.
They regained their freedom after ten years of unjust imprisonment.
He looked embarrassed for a moment, then quickly regained his poise.
He lost consciousness after his accident and never regained it.
It guarantees that the initial (equilibrium) level of the current account will be regained in the new steady state.
Although the economy recovered somewhat in the early 1980s it never regained a trajectory of growth and declined further throughout the rest of the decade.
In the final block, they regained most of their points and were duly awarded their prize.
