Definitions for earned
earned

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1. earned(adj)

   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"

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1. earned(adj.)

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

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1. Earned

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1. earned

   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

Anagrams for earned »

1. endear, neared, readen

How to pronounce earned?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Eric Garcetti:

   There will never be another like Jonathan Gold, who will forever be our brilliant, indispensable guide through the culinary paradise that is Los Angeles, jonathan earned worldwide acclaim as a food critic, but he possessed the soul of a poet whose words helped readers everywhere understand the history and culture of our city. His passing is a loss for all who share his love for L.A. and unique understanding of how food -- whether served from a truck window or atop a white tablecloth -- is an incomparable expression of our common humanity.

2. David Cameron:

   Over the last 63 years, Her Majesty has been a rock of stability in a world of constant change and her selfless sense of service and duty has earned admiration not only in Britain, but right across the globe, it is only right that today we should celebrate her extraordinary record, as well as the grace and dignity with which she serves our country.

3. Kim Pittel:

   At Ford, we believe that trust in our brand is earned by acting with integrity and transparency, we have a process for looking at how we perform and behave in our broad and complex company.

4. Mark Twain:

   How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.

5. Paul McCartney:

   If anyone earned the title of the fifth Beatle it was George, from the day that he gave The Beatles our first recording contract, to the last time I saw him, he was the most generous, intelligent and musical person I've ever had the pleasure to know.

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