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| NOUN | 1 | gain, addition, increase | A quantity that is added |
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| 2 | gain, profit | The advantageous quality of being beneficial | |
| 3 | gain, amplification | The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | |
| 4 | gain | The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating | |
| VERB | 1 | gain, derive | Obtain |
| 2 | gain, acquire, win | Win something through one's efforts | |
| 3 | gain, profit, benefit | Derive a benefit from | |
| 4 | gain, reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at | Reach a destination, either real or abstract | |
| 5 | gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground | Obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | |
| 6 | gain, advance | Rise in rate or price | |
| 7 | gain | Increase in | |
| 8 | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | Earn on some commercial or business transaction | |
| 9 | gain, put on | Increase (one's body weight) |
| Sounds | gey'n |
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| Rhymes | abstain, again, airplane, and 116 more rhymes in eyn at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A quantity that is added. |
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| Examples | "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" |
| Synonyms | addition, increase |
| Narrower | accretion |
| Broader | indefinite quantity |
| Meaning | The advantageous quality of being beneficial. |
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| Synonyms | profit |
| Narrower | account; profitableness, profitability |
| Broader | advantage, vantage |
| Meaning | The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input. |
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| Synonyms | amplification |
| Narrower | loop gain |
| Broader | increase, increment |
| Meaning | The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating. |
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| Narrower | financial gain; paper profit |
| Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money |
| Contrary | loss, red ink, red |
| Meaning | Obtain. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
| Synonyms | derive |
| Narrower | reap, draw |
| Broader | obtain |
| Meaning | Win something through one's efforts. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
| Model | They gain the money |
| Examples | "Gain an understanding of international finance" |
| Synonyms | acquire, win |
| Narrower | cozen |
| Broader | get, acquire |
| Contrary | lose |
| Nouns | gainer |
| Meaning | Derive a benefit from. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | profit, benefit |
| Narrower | cash in on; profiteer; capitalize, capitalise, take advantage; pyramid; net, sack, sack up, clear |
| Broader | get, acquire |
| Nouns | gainer |
| Meaning | Reach a destination, either real or abstract. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at |
| Entails | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Narrower | catch up; scale, surmount; breast; access, get at; peak; bottom out; top out; summit; top; make; find; culminate; get through, come through; ground, run aground |
| Similar to | make |
| Meaning | Obtain advantages, such as points, etc. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The home team was gaining ground" |
| Synonyms | advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground |
| Narrower | steal; score, hit, tally, rack up |
| Contrary | fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede |
| Nouns | gainer |
| Meaning | Rise in rate or price. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something |
| Model | The moon will soon gain |
| Examples | "The stock market gained 24 points today" |
| Synonyms | advance |
| Broader | wax, mount, climb, rise |
| Meaning | Increase in. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "gain momentum"; "gain nerve" |
| Broader | increase |
| Meaning | Earn on some commercial or business transaction. Earn as salary or wages. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They gain the money |
| Synonyms | take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in |
| Narrower | eke out, squeeze out; profit, turn a profit; rake off; take home, bring home; rake in, shovel in; gross; yield, pay, bear |
| Broader | get, acquire |
| Similar to | make; net, sack, sack up, clear |
| Nouns | gainer |
| Meaning | Increase (one's body weight). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" |
| Synonyms | put on |
| Narrower | round, flesh out, fill out; pack on |
| Broader | change state, turn |
| Contrary | reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down |
| Nouns | gainer |