garner

C2+ Topic:People & Society

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

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

Opposites

scatter disperse squander

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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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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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
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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