Results for gain
Definitions of gain:
part of speech: noun
That which is gained: profit:- opp. to LOSS.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To improve or make progress; increase; advance.
part of speech: verb
To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain by effort; to procure; to have profit or advantage; to reach or arrive at.
part of speech: verb transitive
To obtain, as profit or advantage; earn; win; arrive at.
part of speech: verb transitive
To obtain by effort: to earn: to be successful in: to draw to one's own party: to reach: ( New Test.) to escape.
part of speech: noun
Profit; advantage obtained; interest.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for gain:
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There would never, never be another chance for his people to gain a new home.
"The Black Star Passes", John W Campbell -
She is only trying to gain time.
"Catherine de' Medici", Honore de Balzac -
He had never tried to gain her love, and she hated him more and more.
"Young Folks' History of England", Charlotte M. Yonge -
I would wait twenty years to gain you in the end.
"A Question of Marriage", Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey