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Meaning gain meaning

What does gain mean?
Definitions in simple English

gain Noun

— A gain is the act of getting something. You have nothing to gain. — What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend. No pain, no gain. — The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

gain Verb

— You gain something by getting or receiving it.

gain

— verb (= derive) obtain derive pleasure from one's garden — verb (= acquire, win) win something through one's efforts I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese Gain an understanding of international finance — verb (= profit, benefit) derive a benefit from She profited from his vast experience — noun (= addition) a quantity that is added there was an addition to property taxes this year they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks — verb (= reach, make, hit) reach a destination, either real or abstract We hit Detroit by noon The water reached the doorstep We barely made it to the finish line I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts — verb (= pull ahead, gain ground) obtain advantages, such as points, etc The home team was gaining ground After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference — verb (= gather) increase or develop the peace movement gained momentum the car gathers speed — verb rise in rate or price The stock market gained 24 points today — noun (= profit) the advantageous quality of being beneficial — noun (= amplification) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input — noun the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating — verb (= clear, make, earn, bring in) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages How much do you make a month in your new job? She earns a lot in her new job this merger brought in lots of money He clears $5,000 each month — verb increase (one's body weight) She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising

Synonyms gain synonyms

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gain English » English

profit get earn benefit obtain win acquire advantage increase attain reach acquisition achieve receive interest secure take purchase procure make advance make profit earnings income growth find use gainings arrive at revenue reap realize increment enhancement catch amplification addition accession rise return put on pull in payoff hit come clear buy bring in add accrue

Topics gain topics

What do people use gain to talk about?
States Quantity More

Increase
Language and thought Think

Learn
Work and occupation Finance Accumulate wealth

Make profit
Physical actions Have, be with

Receive
Physical actions Have, be with

Get
Grammar Very Degree

To a larger degree
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Free to do what you want
Person Healthy Sick

Recover from sickness
Language and thought Think

Understand
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Cooperate with

Compete with
Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat
Social behavior Conflict War

Win
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move up
Physical actions Move Accompany

Follow

  • What words refer to moving faster than the person you are following?
    gain on
States Big Thick

Fat person
States Big Weigh

Heavy

Conjugation gain conjugation

How do you conjugate gain?

gain · verb

Examples gain examples

How do I use gain in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The key question is not what can I gain but what do I have to lose.
I don't think you can gain his ear.
No pain, no gain.
Of course it's difficult to gain access to the Prime Minister.
How does he gain his living?
You wouldn't gain anything by a method like that.
The man used much money to gain power.
You gain nothing by speaking ill of others.
You have little to gain and much to lose.
No gain without pains.
I've suddenly started to gain weight.
Eat more, or you won't gain strength.
I'll gain weight again!
You will gain nothing from doing that.
Some people gain weight when they stop smoking.
A small gain is better than a great loss.

Movie subtitles

Dispoing the food like this, and making these townspeople into debt will be a great gain for you.
And the Tooth Fairy steps right in, nothing changes, and I get a net gain of zero.
They would have the most to gain from writing them.
Miss Howard, as you are the one with something to gain, I am suggesting that you would do such a thing.
The seeking shall find, the praying shall gain. More than words can say.
What would you gain, by killing me off, Mr Helius?
What do I stand to gain by telling you everything?
I CAN GAIN CONTROL OF FREEDONIA EASIER BY MARRYING MRS. TEASDALE.
I wanted to do something tremendous, to achieve what men of science have dreamt of since the world began, to gain wealth and fame and honour, to write my name above the greatest scientists of all time.
You know, it's funny how anybody's troubles are somebody's gain.
You took advantage of Caesar lying on his funeral pyre. to gain the public's support for yourself.
You won't gain a thing by giving me up.
You'll gain nothing. by killing me.
Yet gain victory!
If you were able to gain control of the station, do you think you could possibly just change its course?
THOSE who buy for pennies and gain millions.
All you have to do to gain admission. is shave your head.
Accused people, when flustered, always say things like that to gain time.
Thereby you will gain your greatest victory and glory and you shall become the foremost and greatest nation of all.
One person's gain is another person's loss.
You can tell me that because you've nothing to gain or lose by it.
It's not possible for me to provide for you. if I can gain fame with the sword the road to being a government official might open up for me.
This is an all-or-nothing battle. By winning I gain the path towards becoming a government official. I lose everything.
Gain, like, half a pound?
You know, usually when someone poops their pants, they gain a little bit of humility.
You think that's possible? They would have the most to gain from writing them.
YOU TOLD ME TO GAIN HIS CONFIDENCE.
What do you hope to gain by her disappearance?
What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world?
God is a superstition. if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul.
You won't gain anything by giving me away as long as I make it worth your while.
When I gain those ruby slippers my power will be the greatest in Oz!
As you live your life don't think to gain more than other people.
You've used the most degenerate means to gain your ends.

News and current affairs

The companies routinely bribe officials to gain oil leases, lie about output, evade taxes, and dodge responsibility for the environmental damage that they cause.
But it is an unfortunate mathematical fact that not everyone can gain market share.
Kosovo would thus gain some essential trappings of statehood.
As with any compromise, the contending parties would both gain and lose from this arrangement.
If this constitution were accepted in anything like the proposed form, the EU would gain many attributes and trappings of statehood: its own president and foreign minister, its own legal system.
For these sectors, devaluation means an increase in costs, rather than a gain in competitiveness.
The educational system needs to be rebuilt almost from scratch, and with so many women anxious to return to teaching, a revived educational system will also help Afghanistan's democratic politicians gain a powerful lobby of workers.
As an anti-status quo power, Iran is not pursuing nuclear capabilities in order to destroy Israel, but to gain prestige and influence in a hostile environment and as a shield for its challenge to the regional order.
On a recent trip through the Middle East, I attempted to gain a better understanding of the crisis.
The US could gain doubly, both from the public goods themselves, and from the way they legitimize its preponderant power in the eyes of others.
But by claiming to be soldiers at war with the world's biggest military power, they gain sympathy, as well as recruits, among the radical losers and the disaffected.
It is this Muslim civil war that is allowing al-Qaeda to gain a larger pool of recruits.
If Khamenei holds fast, Mousavi cannot gain the presidency, but he will continue to represent the hopes of the majority of Iranians who differ dramatically with their government.
But it will take some time before the new migrants gain decisive political influence, and the problems of Iran and Russia for Europe require immediate attention.
As legions of new consumers gain purchasing power, demand inevitably rises, driving up the price of scarce commodities.
In order to gain the breathing space necessary for the reform process to be effective, the Greek government could just announce a simple rescheduling: the due date of all existing public debt is extended by five years at an unchanged interest rate.
As such, action by central banks will repeatedly fail to gain sufficient traction.
No Maoist group could ever gain a toehold in Afghanistan's parched Pashtun south (these were, after all, people who, bare-knuckled, smashed the Soviets).
Moreover, secular spiritual leaders like Gandhi, Schweitzer, and King have vanished, annihilated it seems by our new fetishes--success, expediency, gain, and special interests.
Yet there is a real concern that the extremists, who are politically well organized, are seeking to gain control by the ballot over less-organized liberals, thus preventing peace and stability.
To gain control of the mandarins, the DPJ plans to place 100 lawmakers in the ministries' top leadership, as well as three dozen political appointees to policy staffs in the office of the prime minister.
Coupled with this is a zero-sum view of the world, in which any Chinese gain in the share of the global economy, or any increased presence in many parts of the world, must be at the expense of the US or other powers.
In the long term, the US will gain nothing - and risk much - by continuing to back oil sheikhdoms that fund Muslim extremist groups and madrasas from the Philippines and India to South Africa and Venezuela.
Despite being isolated and ostracized, Iran has managed to gain some strategic breathing room with the help of countries like China, Russia, India, Syria, and Venezuela, allowing it to resist Western pressure.

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