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"text": "You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.",
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"text": "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.",
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"text": "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.",
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"text": "He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO. My bank account is only earning one percent interest.",
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"text": "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.",
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"ref": "2015, Jason Zweig, The Devil's Financial Dictionary, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 1:",
"text": "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.",
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"(intransitive) To receive payment for work."
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"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zarabótvam",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́твам"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zarabótja",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́тя"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "guanyar"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "vydělávat"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "tienata"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "gagner"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "gañar"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "berpenghasilan"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "teenata"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hā ngœn",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "ຫາເງິນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "gângni"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zarabiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zarobić"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarabátyvatʹ",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зараба́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarabótatʹ",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́тать"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "ganar"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǎa-ngən",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "หาเงิน"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 25 36 22 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "para kazanmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 28 11 36 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 32 16 30 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 28 15 29 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 25 11 41 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 31 9 42 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 35 12 28 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 29 14 33 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norman translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 6 14 5 11 2 8 7 2 3 13 17 1 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "My CD earns me six percent!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "In that era, all their long, hard, dangerous labor in the mines barely earned them even enough to eat!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 99:",
"text": "'[T]hough I earned her a lot of money, I have nothing but regrets for what I did.'",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward."
],
"id": "en-earn-en-verb-6yXBds9b",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "6 6 8 80 1",
"sense": "cause someone to receive payment or reward",
"word": "yield"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 6 8 80 1",
"sense": "cause someone to receive payment or reward",
"word": "make"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 6 8 80 1",
"sense": "cause someone to receive payment or reward",
"word": "generate"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 6 8 80 1",
"sense": "cause someone to receive payment or reward",
"word": "render"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 4 4 90 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cause someone to receive money",
"word": "kazandırmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "18 28 15 29 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to earn a spot in the top 20",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To achieve by being worthy of."
],
"id": "en-earn-en-verb-EevfYl-4",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To achieve by being worthy of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "ûrn",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɜːn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "ûrn",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɝn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-earn.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-us-earn.ogg/En-us-earn.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-us-earn.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)n"
},
{
"homophone": "ern"
},
{
"homophone": "erne"
},
{
"homophone": "urn"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kasaba",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "كَسَبَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kisib",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "كسب"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ašxatel",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "աշխատել"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vastakel",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "վաստակել"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "stanal",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ստանալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "amintu"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "irabazi"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zarabljácʹ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зарабля́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zarabícʹ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабі́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "bho",
"lang": "Bhojpuri",
"roman": "kamāīl",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "कमाईल"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zarabótvam",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́твам"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zarabótja",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́тя"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "guanyar"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "cobrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "掙"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "cĕng",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "挣"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "掙"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèng",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "挣"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "賺"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuàn",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "赚"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "賺取"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuànqǔ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "赚取"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "獲得"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòdé",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "获得"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vydělat"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "verdienen"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "enspezi"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "perlabori"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "teenima"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "tienata"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "gagner"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vuadagnâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vanzâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "gañar"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "verdienen"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kerdízo",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "κερδίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mistharnéō",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "μισθαρνέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kamānā",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "कमाना"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "keres"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "teenata"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "tuill"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "guadagnare"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"alt": "かせぐ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kasegu",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "稼ぐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"alt": "える",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "eru",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "得る"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sii",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ស៊ី"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beolda",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "벌다"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "mereō"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zarabotuva",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заработува"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zaraboti",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заработи"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "olox",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "олох"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "gângni"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zarabiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zarobić"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ganhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "auferir"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "câștiga"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarabátyvatʹ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зараба́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarabótatʹ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́тать"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "coisinn"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "guadagnari"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vadagnari"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ڪَمائِڻُ"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zarábať si"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zarobiť si"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ganar"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "devengar"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "campāti",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "சம்பாதி"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sampādiñcu",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "సంపాదించు"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "หาได้"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "kazanmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zarobljáty",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заробля́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zarobýty",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зароби́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kamānā",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "کمانا"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 25 23 31 8",
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],
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"(transitive) 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)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To receive payment for work."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To receive payment for work."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "My CD earns me six percent!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "In that era, all their long, hard, dangerous labor in the mines barely earned them even enough to eat!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 99:",
"text": "'[T]hough I earned her a lot of money, I have nothing but regrets for what I did.'",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to earn a spot in the top 20",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To achieve by being worthy of."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To achieve by being worthy of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "ûrn",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɜːn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "ûrn",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɝn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-earn.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-us-earn.ogg/En-us-earn.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-us-earn.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)n"
},
{
"homophone": "ern"
},
{
"homophone": "erne"
},
{
"homophone": "urn"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "deserve"
},
{
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "merit"
},
{
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "garner"
},
{
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "win"
},
{
"sense": "(transitive) receive payment for work",
"word": "get"
},
{
"sense": "(transitive) receive payment for work",
"word": "take in"
},
{
"sense": "(transitive) receive payment for work",
"word": "rake in"
},
{
"sense": "(intransitive) receive payment for work",
"word": "rake it in"
},
{
"sense": "cause someone to receive payment or reward",
"word": "yield"
},
{
"sense": "cause someone to receive payment or reward",
"word": "make"
},
{
"sense": "cause someone to receive payment or reward",
"word": "generate"
},
{
"sense": "cause someone to receive payment or reward",
"word": "render"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kasaba",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "كَسَبَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kisib",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "كسب"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vastakel",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "վաստակել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pečélja",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пече́ля"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "guanyar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "verdienen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "perlabori"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "ansaita"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "gañar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "cosain"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "guadagnare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "mereō"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "usachiy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "câștiga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarabátyvatʹ",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зараба́тывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarabótatʹ",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "ganar"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sampādiñcu",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "సంపాదించు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "gain through applied effort or work",
"word": "hak etmek"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kasaba",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "كَسَبَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kisib",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "كسب"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ašxatel",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "աշխատել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vastakel",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "վաստակել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "stanal",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ստանալ"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "amintu"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "irabazi"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zarabljácʹ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зарабля́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zarabícʹ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабі́ць"
},
{
"code": "bho",
"lang": "Bhojpuri",
"roman": "kamāīl",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "कमाईल"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zarabótvam",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́твам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zarabótja",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́тя"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "guanyar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "cobrar"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "掙"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "cĕng",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "挣"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "掙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèng",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "挣"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "賺"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuàn",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "赚"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "賺取"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuànqǔ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "赚取"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "獲得"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòdé",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "获得"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vydělat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "verdienen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "enspezi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "perlabori"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "teenima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "tienata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "gagner"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vuadagnâ"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vanzâ"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "gañar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "verdienen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kerdízo",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "κερδίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mistharnéō",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "μισθαρνέω"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kamānā",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "कमाना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "keres"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "teenata"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "tuill"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "guadagnare"
},
{
"alt": "かせぐ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kasegu",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "稼ぐ"
},
{
"alt": "える",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "eru",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "得る"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sii",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ស៊ី"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beolda",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "벌다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "mereō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zarabotuva",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заработува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zaraboti",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заработи"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "olox",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "олох"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "gângni"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zarabiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zarobić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ganhar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "auferir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "câștiga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarabátyvatʹ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зараба́тывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarabótatʹ",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "coisinn"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "guadagnari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vadagnari"
},
{
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ڪَمائِڻُ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zarábať si"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zarobiť si"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ganar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "devengar"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "campāti",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "சம்பாதி"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sampādiñcu",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "సంపాదించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "หาได้"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "kazanmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zarobljáty",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заробля́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zarobýty",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зароби́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kamānā",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "کمانا"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "vadagnar"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "davagnar"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "ciapar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "transitive: receive (money) for working",
"word": "kiếm"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaḥaqqa",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "اِسْتَحَقَّ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaslúžavam",
"sense": "deserve",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заслу́жавам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhíde",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "值得"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "應受"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīngshòu",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "应受"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "meriti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "ansaita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "mériter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "merecer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "verdienen"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "cosain"
},
{
"alt": "あたいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ataisuru",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "値する"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deserve",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zasłużyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "merecer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaslúživatʹ",
"sense": "deserve",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заслу́живать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaslužítʹ",
"sense": "deserve",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заслужи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "granjear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deserve",
"word": "merecer"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zarabótvam",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́твам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zarabótja",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарабо́тя"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "guanyar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
"word": "vydělávat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: receive money for working",
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