Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.

    You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.

    With their hard work and dedication, they earned respect and a seat at the table.

    зараба́тыватьzarabátyvatʹ, зарабо́татьzarabótatʹ

  2. (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).

    He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO. My bank account is only earning one percent interest.

    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.

    verdienen

    заслу́живатьzaslúživatʹ, заслужи́тьzaslužítʹ

  3. (intransitive)To receive payment for work.

    Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.

    зараба́тыватьzarabátyvatʹ, зарабо́татьzarabótatʹ

  4. (transitive)To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.

    My CD earns me six percent!

    In that era, all their long, hard, dangerous labor in the mines barely earned them even enough to eat!

    verdienen

    зараба́тыватьzarabátyvatʹ, зарабо́татьzarabótatʹ

    заробля́тиzarobljáty, зароби́тиzarobýty

  5. (transitive)To achieve by being worthy of.

    to earn a spot in the top 20

  6. (UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.

  7. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.

  8. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).

  9. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To grieve.

More definitions
  • acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
  • earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

Examples

790 sentences
  1. I wish I earned more money.

    Я б хотів заробляти більше.

    ruЯ бы хотел больше зарабатывать.

    deSchön wär’s, wenn ich mehr Geld verdiente.

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  2. I earn three hundred dollars a day.

    Я заробляю триста доларів на добу.

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  3. I want to earn a lot more.

    Я хочу заробляти набагато більше.

    ruЯ хочу зарабатывать гораздо больше.

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  4. The more you earn, the more you spend.

    Чим більше ти заробляєш, тим більше витрачаєш.

    ruЧем больше зарабатываешь, тем больше тратишь.

    deJe mehr man verdient, desto mehr gibt man aus.

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  5. You shouldn't spend more money than you earn.

    Не треба витрачати більше грошей, ніж заробляєш.

    ruНе следует тратить больше, чем зарабатываешь.

    deDu solltest nicht mehr Geld ausgeben, als du verdienst.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
transitive: receive (money) for working:
Русский
By meaning 2
gain through applied effort or work:
deserve:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
deserve:

Origin

From Middle English ernen, from Old English earnian, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀanōn, fro

From Middle English ernen, from Old English earnian, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀanōn, from Proto-Germanic *azanōną. This verb is denominal from the noun *azaniz (“harvest”).

Probably either:

A variant of yearn.

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Forms

earns, earning, earned, earned
Base formearn · to earn
3rd person singularearns
Present participleearning
Past simpleearned / earnt
Past participleearned / earnt

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyearn
he, she, itearns

Past simpleLesson

all personsearned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave earned
he, she, ithas earned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill earn

Synonyms

20 synonyms
gain through applied effort or work:deserveB1meritC2winA1garner
(transitive) receive payment for work:getA1take inrake in
cause someone to receive payment or reward:yieldB2makeA1generateB1renderC1
(intransitive) receive payment for work:rake it in
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • earn enough money
  • earn a lot
  • earns his living
  • earns more than
  • earn more money
  • earn more
  • earn enough
  • earns three times
  • to earn a
  • earn a living
  • to earn more
  • earns three

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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