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Princeton's WordNet

  1. earnedadjective

    gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action

    "a well-earned reputation for honesty"; "earned income"; "an earned run in baseball"

GCIDE

  1. earnedadjective

    (Baseball) not resulting from an error by an opposing team; -- used in the phrase earned runs.

ChatGPT

  1. earned

    Earned refers to something acquired or received as a result of effort, hard work, or completion of a task. This could refer to income from a job, points in a game, a degree from a university, respect from peers, and so on. It implies that the person who earned something deserved or was entitled to it on the basis of their actions or achievements.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Earned

    of Earn

Editors Contribution

  1. earnedverb

    Verb form of the word earn.

    They both earned a just sufficient income are delighted to be arranging their wedding together.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Earned' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4663

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Anagrams for Earned »

  1. endear

  2. neared

  3. readen

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Earned in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Earned in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Earned in a Sentence

  1. Barack Obama:

    I have selected a nominee who is widely recognized not only as one of America's sharpest legal minds, but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency modesty, integrity, evenhandedness and excellence, these qualities and his long commitment to public service have earned him the respect and admiration from leaders from both sides of the aisle.

  2. Jerry Jones:

    Jerry Jones was a pleasant and calming influence in Dallas Cowboys strength room and throughout The Star. Jerry Jones passion for Jerry Jones work and Jerry Jones enthusiasm for life earned Jerry Jones great respect and admiration from all of our players and the entire organization.

  3. Democrat Hiral Tipirneni:

    I passionately believe that we must remain a land of opportunity for those who are willing to work for it, we ALL deserve an accountable immigration system providing a clear, affordable path to citizenship for those who qualify and have earned it. We also need secure borders. While those two ideas should not be mutually exclusive, our current climate politicizes an issue that, at its core, has real lives at stake, the site reads. Tipirneni calls for a solution for DACA and comprehensive immigration reform. She said she is opposed to Trump’s proposed border wall as she believes the funds for it.

  4. Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald:

    Trust is something that is aimed every single day one veteran at a time, if I can solve [one veteran's] problem I've earned one bit of trust.

  5. Pete Schultz:

    She’s earned this – she deserves it, she can’t get out and play with other kids. This playhouse is what she would have. Is it really going to hurt someone?

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