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- [gahr-ner]
- /ˈgɑr nər/
- /ˈɡɑː.nər/
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- [gahr-ner]
- /ˈgɑr nər/
Definitions of garner word
- verb with object garner to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place. 1
- verb with object garner to get; acquire; earn: He gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 1
- verb with object garner to gather, collect, or hoard. 1
- noun garner John Nance [nans] /næns/ (Show IPA), 1868–1967, vice president of the U.S. 1933–41. 1
- noun garner Gather or collect (something, especially information or approval). 1
- transitive verb garner earn, gather 1
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Origin of garner
First appearance:
before 1125 One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English garner, gerner < Old French gernier, grenier < Latin grānārium granary; see -er2
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Parts of speech for Garner
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
garner popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
garner usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for garner
verb garner
- amass — If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
- reap — to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- pick up — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- cull — If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
- hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
noun garner
- compilation — A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.
- stash — to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
- trove — a collection of objects.
- treasure-trove — anything of the nature of treasure or a treasury that one finds: Mother's attic was a treasure-trove of memorabilia.
Antonyms for garner
verb garner
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- spend — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
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