gain
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2.3
- noun
- /ɡeɪn/
- Specialized
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- But once they did, they made dramatic gains in child nutrition for decades.
- weight gain
- capital gain
- personal gain
Women fear that they may lose the gains made in recent decades.
- Women fear that they may lose the gains made in recent decades.
- Or it's a guy who's trying to get some gains, some protein gains.
- In order to realize capital gains, you must sell the asset.
- Made an entire year's gain in improving their reading rates.
- And there's no, there's no practical gain in the process.
- So where do Trump's main gains and losses come from?
- And and part of that priority is short term gains over long term, right.
- You are not taxed on those gains, on that interest that you earn.
Examples
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Made an entire year's gain in improving their reading rates.
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The interviews revealed that the student gains from TAP were noticed by teachers in all grades.
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And then here you have your average gain per trade.
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Their loss is our gain.
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Women fear that they may lose the gains made in recent decades.
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Russian victory brought further gains in the Black Sea region.
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Throughout the school year, she recorded tremendous gains in the reading skills of her students.
Academic text (2013) -
For this review, the focus is on the economic gains from community college attendance.
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Future generations may be even better educated, but the major gains have already been made.
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The new policy resulted in significant gains for small businesses throughout the region.
Synonyms
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1.0
The extra amount added to something to make it larger
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1.6
Something that helps people or groups
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1.0
An advantage that makes something better
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3.2
An increase in money from an investment or business activity
Antonyms
Idioms
To become larger and hard to control as it spreads beyond where it started
Compounds
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5.4
An increase in value when you sell something for more than you paid
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9.1
How much output an amplifier sends back to its input, affecting how steady it is
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gain as a noun comes from the old French gain meaning 'profit' or 'benefit' and an old German word for 'use', so a gain is something you get that helps you or gives you an advantage.