garner
verb (used with object)
to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
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garner
1 American
[gahr-ner]
/ ˈgɑr nər /
verb (used with object)
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garners,
present (3rd person singular)
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garnered,
past participle, past
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garnering
present participle
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to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
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to get; acquire; earn.
He gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert.
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to gather or collect.
noun
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a granary or grain bin.
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a store or supply of anything.
Garner
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American
[gahr-ner]
/ ˈgɑr nər /
noun
garner
1
British
/ ˈɡɑːnə /
verb
noun
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an archaic word for granary
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archaic a place for storage or safekeeping
Garner
2
British
/ ˈɡɑːnə /
noun
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Erroll. 1921–77, US jazz pianist and composer, noted for the jazz standard 'Misty' (1954)
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Helen. born 1942. Australian novelist and journalist. Her books include the novels Monkey Grip (1977), The Idea of Perfection (2002), The Children's Bach (1984), and The Spare Room (2008), and the nonfiction The First Stone (1995)
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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garnersimple
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garnerssimple
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have garneredperfect
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has garneredperfect
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am garneringprogressive
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are garneringprogressive
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is garneringprogressive
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have been garneringperfect progressive
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has been garneringperfect progressive
Past
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garneredsimple
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had garneredperfect
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was garneringprogressive
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were garneringprogressive
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had been garneringperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of garner
First recorded in 1125–75; Middle English garner, gerner, from Old French gernier, grenier, from Latin grānārium granary; see -er 2
Explanation
To garner means to gather or earn. If you want to run for office without belonging to a political party, you must garner enough signatures — usually a few thousand — to get onto the ballot. The word garner comes from the Latin granarium which means "store-house," usually for grain. The current use of the word carries with it the sense of something being stored up. It’s not only that you can gather enough yes-votes to overcome the opposition, there is the sense that all the things you have garnered have some weight of their own. In its other use, garner means “earn” or "merit." Think of movie stars garnering Oscar nominations for their excellent work.
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Meanwhile, TikTok videos of users approaching women, asking for their number and filming their reaction to pick-up lines, are often posted with the hashtag #howtogetagirlfriend and can garner thousands of views.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Award show producers seemed to scramble for hosts that didn’t already have a record of ruffling feathers and could, at the bare minimum, garner a few chuckles from the crowd.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Oracle’s stock has been volatile following recent earnings reports, but analysts think the company’s upcoming results could garner a strongly positive reaction.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Brittany Bowen, a finfluencer who offers money advice in get ready with me videos, said she knows she has to show off her lifestyle in order to garner interest from viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
By the time Fischer left for Nepal in the spring of 1996, he’d begun to garner more of the recognition that he thought was his due.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Julia Garner, who previously played scammer Anna Delvey, is unrecognizable as Bankman-Fried’s girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, who committed fraud alongside him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Talented midfielder Merlin Rohl took on the job for the opening game against Crystal Palace, while Jake O'Brien and James Garner have also been pressed into service.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
At 60, Chandler is arguably more attractive than ever, with the sort of seasoning that served James Garner so well as Jim Rockford, TV’s greatest detective.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Daniele Garner brushes a yak at the Pettee Ranch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Angry that Mr. Garner was going to make a profit.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Meta garners significant revenues from Chinese advertisers who target consumers outside China, despite Facebook and other Meta apps being blocked in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The stock garners frequent mentions on r/WallStreetBets and attracts nearly 9,000 weekly visitors to its own Subreddit r/POETTechnologiesInc.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
YouTube garners 13% of video streaming, as measured by viewing hours.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Unlike in many Latin American nations, there is no second round in Mexican elections: Whoever receives a plurality of votes is declared the winner, whether or not he or she garners an absolute majority.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
In school, I’m one of six Black kids in a specialized music program; I have hair my classmates don’t understand and a complexion that garners assumptions.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
His call garnered support from rivals Sam Altman at ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Elon Musk, owner of xAI.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Lucien Smith, a multidisciplinary artist who garnered national acclaim in the 2010s, has died at 37.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
That clip has garnered more than 9.5 million views.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
But it had already garnered almost two million views.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
In forty years of battling against the CIA, the Soviets had never garnered so much intelligence from a single secret agent.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
In the United Kingdom, a service called Objector.ai is using AI to identify and generate formal objections to local planning applications, garnering the concern of experts, The Guardian reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The petition reached that bar as of Wednesday morning, garnering more than enough support to be presented in Canada's House of Commons.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Read an explainer of the year’s most bizarre rom-com: One Night Only, the buzzy new movie starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, is garnering plenty of chatter—and raising plenty of questions.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The poll found Talarico garnering 43% of independents to Paxton’s 23%; 29% remain undecided.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
In 1924, when William cracked an “unbreakable” Navy code machine, he was accused of garnering inside information from Elizebeth.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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