Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to earn
Participle: earned
Gerund: earning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | earn |
| you | earn |
| he;she;it | earns |
| we | earn |
| you | earn |
| they | earn |
Perfect
| I | have earned |
| you | have earned |
| he;she;it | has earned |
| we | have earned |
| you | have earned |
| they | have earned |
Past
| I | earned |
| you | earned |
| he;she;it | earned |
| we | earned |
| you | earned |
| they | earned |
Pluperfect
| I | had earned |
| you | had earned |
| he;she;it | had earned |
| we | had earned |
| you | had earned |
| they | had earned |
Future
| I | will earn |
| you | will earn |
| he;she;it | will earn |
| we | will earn |
| you | will earn |
| they | will earn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have earned |
| you | will have earned |
| he;she;it | will have earned |
| we | will have earned |
| you | will have earned |
| they | will have earned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | earn |
| you | earn |
| he;she;it | earn |
| we | earn |
| you | earn |
| they | earn |
Perfect
| I | have earned |
| you | have earned |
| he;she;it | have earned |
| we | have earned |
| you | have earned |
| they | have earned |
Imperfect
| I | earned |
| you | earned |
| he;she;it | earned |
| we | earned |
| you | earned |
| they | earned |
Pluperfect
| I | had earned |
| you | had earned |
| he;she;it | had earned |
| we | had earned |
| you | had earned |
| they | had earned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would earn |
| you | would earn |
| he;she;it | would earn |
| we | would earn |
| you | would earn |
| they | would earn |
Perfect
| I | would have earned |
| you | would have earned |
| he;she;it | would have earned |
| we | would have earned |
| you | would have earned |
| they | would have earned |
Imperative
| you | earn |
| we | Let's earn |
| you | earn |
Verbs conjugated like 'earn'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'earn'
barn,
darn,
dearn,
ean,
ear,
ern,
learn,
warn,
yarn,
yearn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to earn or merit a reward or punishment
- be worthy of, brook, deserve, garner, merit, reap, win
- gain
- acquire, get, obtain, procure, secure, win
- deserve
- merit
Antonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- buy, purchase, receive, return, steal
- to give money, or other compensation, in exchange for goods or services
- buy, default, discharge, levant, repudiate, steal, pay, waive, welsh
- gain
- lose, expend, spend, exhaust
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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”). See: Middle English '
ernen', Old English '
earnian', Proto-Germanic '
*azanōną'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] I tell you, my dear, _I_ cannot absolve myself from the promises I make to these helpless creatures. If I can get the money no other way I will take music-scholars; — I could get enough, I know, and earn the money myself. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Why, Tom, you couldn't possibly have earned, by your work, such clothes and such living as I have given you. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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George and Eliza had now been five years free. George had found constant occupation in the shop of a worthy machinist, where he had been earning a competent support for his family, which, in the mean time, had been increased by the addition of another daughter.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] sold in New Orleans; been free fifteen years; paid for himself six hundred dollars; a farmer; owns several farms in Indiana; Presbyterian; probably worth fifteen or twenty thousand dollars, all earned by himself.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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has earned Marc Jacobs the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award.
(Marc by Sofia)