Gain

Verb

 * 1)  To acquire possession of what one did not have before.
 * 2)  To increase.
 * 3)  To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
 * 4)  To reach.
 * 5)  To put on weight.
 * 6)  To run fast.

Noun

 * 1) The act of gaining.
 * 2) What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.
 * 3)  The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

Preposition

 * 1)  Against.

Adjective

 * 1)  Straight, direct; near; short.
 * the gainest way 
 * 1)  Suitable; convenient; ready.
 * 2)  Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
 * 3)  Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

Adverb

 * 1)  Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
 * 2)  Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
 * 3)  Tolerably; fairly.

Adjectives for Gain

 * (acquire or the act of gaining) glorious; immense; sure; intellectual; eternal; substantial; capital; selfish; adequate; personal; speculative; happy; immediate; indubitable; obvious; fruitful; fallacious; indicated; unhallowed; qualitative; scanty; treacherous; pecuniary; proper; equivalent; territorial; untold; mystic; appreciable; unjust; corporate; hopeless.

Verbs for Gain
accomplish—; acquire—; begrudge—; claim—; content with—; count—; derive—; dissipate —s; forego—; promise—; register—; seek—; serve for—; spurn—; struggle for—; yield—; —astonishes; —benefits; —decreases; —increases; —mounts; —outweighs.

Adverbs for Gain
vastly; legally; lawfully; ethically; deservedly; definitely; unquestionably; incredibly; consistently; incessantly; singularly; substantially; gloriously; immensely; speculalively; indubitably; unhallowedly; pecuniarily; territorially; subtly.

Thesaurus
accrue, accruement, accumulate, accumulation, achieve, achievement, acquire, acquisition, addition, admit, advance, advantage, aggrandizement, ameliorate, amend, amplification, appreciate, appreciation, approach, argue into, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, ascent, assume, attain, attain to, attainment, augmentation, avail, available gain, bag, balloon, ballooning, be received, be responsible for, be seized of, bear the palm, behalf, behoof, benefit, benison, blessing, bloat, bloating, blow in, bob up, boom, boon, boost, breed, bring down, bring in, bring on, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, bring upon, broaden, broadening, buildup, capital gains, captivate, capture, carry, carry away, carry it, carry off, carry the day, catch, catch up with, charm, check in, cleanup, clear, clear profit, clock in, close with, collect, come, come along, come by, come in, come in for, come into, come on, come out first, come to, come to hand, come up to, come up with, complete, con, consummate, contract, convalesce, convince, corral, crescendo, cure, current gain, cut, dead time, derive, derive from, develop, development, dividend, dividends, drag down, draw, draw from, draw over, earn, earnings, edema, elevation, emolument, enhancement, enlargement, enter into possession, expansion, extension, fall in with, fall into, fetch, fetch up at, filthy lucre, find, finish in front, flood, fluke, fulfill, gain ground, gain on, gain over, gain strength, gain the day, gain upon, gains, garner, gather, get, get ahead, get along, get better, get in, get there, get to, gettings, glean, gleanings, go ahead, go forward, go up, good, graduate, greatening, gross, gross profit, grow, grow better, growth, gush, harvest, have, have coming in, heal, hike, hit, hit town, hoard, holdup, hook, hook in, hysteresis, improve, improvement, income, increase, increment, incur, inflation, intensify, interest, invigorate, invite, it, jump, killing, lag, lap, leap, leave behind, leave standing, look up, lucre, make, make a killing, make headway, make it, make progress, make strides, makings, margin, meliorate, mend, money, mount, mounting, multiplication, multiply, narrow the gap, neat profit, net, net profit, obtain, operational gain, outdistance, outpace, output lag, outrun, outsail, outstrip, outtalk, overhaul, overtake, paper profits, pass, pay, payment, pelf, percentage, perfect, perk, perk up, perks, perquisite, persuade, pick up, pickings, pop up, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, proceeds, process lag, procure, produce, productiveness, profit, profits, progress, proliferate, proliferation, pull down, pull in, punch in, raise, rake-off, rally, reach, realize, reap, receipts, receive, recuperate, remedy, renew, return, returns, revenue, ring in, rise, roll in, run, run up, sack, score, secure, sell, sell one on, shape up, share, shoot up, show improvement, show up, sign in, skyrocket, snowball, snowballing, spread, store, strengthen, succeed, surge, sway, swell, swelling, take, take in, take off, take on, take over, take the cake, take-in, talk into, talk over, throughput, time constants, time in, time lead, tumescence, turn up, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, wangle, wangle into, wax, waxing, wealth, wear down, welcome, welfare, well-being, widen, widening, win, win out, win over, win the battle, win the laurels, win the palm, win the prize, win through, winnings, world of good, yield, accept, access, accession, accomplish, accretion, accrual,

Etymology 1
From English dialectal gen:, gin:, short for again:, agen:; also gayn:, gein:, ȝæn:, from  gean:, gegn:. More at.

Etymology 2
From gayn:, gein:, geyn:, from  gegn:, from gegn: (> gagna:); see below at gain. Adverb from gayne:, from the adjective.

Etymology 3
From gain:, gein:, from  gagn:, from, from , a reduplication of , from. Cognate with gagn:,  gagn:,  gavn:,  𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽:,  gegn:,  dialectal gen:,  cum:; see, ,. Compare also gainen:,  and  gagna:,  gavne:.

The Middle English word was reinforced due to similarity in form and meaning by unrelated gain:, with which it was confused. gain rather is a contraction of gaaing:, gaaigne:, gaigne:, a noun derivative of gaaignier:, also of  origin, but from a different root,  *undefined:, ultimately from ; compare  weidon:, weidanon: (Modern  Weide:),  veiða:,  wæþan:. Related to.

Antonyms

 * loss

Derived terms

 * autogain

Noun

 * Finnish: ,


 * Russian: получение,


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: lucro
 * Japanese: ,
 * Norwegian: utbytte
 * Persian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: prothaid


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 利得,
 * Norwegian: forsterkning
 * Russian: усиление
 * Swedish: förstärkning


 * : guadagno (2), vincita (2)
 * : vinning (2), gevinst  (2)
 * : ganio (1,2)
 * : 얻음 (eot-eum)
 * : ganho (1,2)
 * : câştig
 * : లాభము (lAbhamu) (2)
 * : kazanmak

Verb

 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: saavuttaa, päästä päämäärään
 * French: gagner
 * German:
 * Greek: (kerdízo),  (apoktó)
 * Hebrew:
 * Interlingua: ganiar


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 얻다 (eot-da)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, получить ; , приобрести
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: పొందు (pomdu)

Anagrams

 * agin
 * Agni
 * gina, Gina

Noun

 * 1) summit

Etymology
gaaing:, from the verb gaaingnier:, whence the Modern French gagner:

Noun

 * 1)  winnings, earnings, takings
 * 2)  gain, yield