regains

Regains is the third-person singular present tense of regain, a verb meaning to obtain again, recover, or recover possession of something lost or withheld. The term derives from Old French regagner and early English usage. In everyday language, regains is used to describe return or recovery: for example, she regains consciousness, the team regains possession after a turnover, or the company regains market share.

In medicine and rehabilitation, regains of function or mobility describe the restoration of abilities after illness or injury, often tracked in clinical assessments and physical therapy.

In sports and fitness, athletes may regains strength or stamina after rest or training, a common framing in performance coaching.

In technical contexts, regain is used in specialized senses. For instance, in materials science the concept of moisture regain describes how much moisture a hygroscopic material absorbs at a given humidity; discussions may refer to regains of moisture when summarizing measurements, though the noun is often treated as a continuous quantity rather than a discrete count.

Regains can also appear as a plural form in texts discussing multiple instances of recovery or restoration, though in everyday English it is primarily a grammatical form rather than a separate concept.