garner

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈɡɑrnər/ UK /ˈɡɑːnə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to gather or collect, especially support or information

The film garnered praise at every festival it entered.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to gather or collect,... gather collect accumulate amass glean acquire harvest

Opposites

scatter disperse squander

Simplified etymology

Garner came into Middle English through French from the same source as grain, ultimately Latin granum, “seed.” It originally denoted a granary before developing its later uses.

Etymology

From Middle English 'gerner' ('granary'), from Old French 'gernier', a variant of 'grenier', from Latin 'granarium' ('storehouse for grain'), from 'granum' ('grain'); the verb is a figurative extension.

granarium Latin granum Latin

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# garner

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡɑrnər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɑːnə/

## Meanings
1. to gather or collect, especially support or information

## Examples
- The film garnered praise at every festival it entered.

## Synonyms
- gather
- collect
- accumulate
- amass
- glean
- acquire
- harvest

## Antonyms
- scatter
- disperse
- squander

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: granarium
- Root: granum

## Etymology
From Middle English 'gerner' ('granary'), from Old French 'gernier', a variant of 'grenier', from Latin 'granarium' ('storehouse for grain'), from 'granum' ('grain'); the verb is a figurative extension.

## AI Etymology
Garner is from Middle English 'gerner' ('granary'), from Old French 'gernier', a variant of 'grenier', from Latin 'granarium' ('storehouse for grain'), from 'granum' ('grain'); the verb is a figurative extension. Important recorded forms include granarium (Latin) and granum (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to gather or collect, especially support or information.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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