garner
verb/ˈɡɑːnə(r)/
/ˈɡɑːrnər/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they garner | /ˈɡɑːnə(r)/ /ˈɡɑːrnər/ |
| he / she / it garners | /ˈɡɑːnəz/ /ˈɡɑːrnərz/ |
| past simple garnered | /ˈɡɑːnəd/ /ˈɡɑːrnərd/ |
| past participle garnered | /ˈɡɑːnəd/ /ˈɡɑːrnərd/ |
| -ing form garnering | /ˈɡɑːnərɪŋ/ /ˈɡɑːrnərɪŋ/ |
- garner something to obtain or collect something such as information, support, etc. synonym gather, acquire
- All the information that we garnered has been kept on file.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGarner is used with these nouns as the object:- acclaim
- accolade
- attention
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (originally as a noun): from Old French gernier, from Latin granarium ‘granary’, from granum ‘grain’.Definitions on the go
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