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gain

gain

531 2.3
An advantage that gives you more money or success
  • noun
  • /ɡeɪn/
  • Specialized
: ganancia
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Made an entire year's gain in improving their reading rates.

    YaleCourses

  • The interviews revealed that the student gains from TAP were noticed by teachers in all grades.

    Academic text (2013)

  • And then here you have your average gain per trade.

  • Their loss is our gain.

    Domino (2005)

  • Women fear that they may lose the gains made in recent decades.

    Harvard University

  • Russian victory brought further gains in the Black Sea region.

  • 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.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Future generations may be even better educated, but the major gains have already been made.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The new policy resulted in significant gains for small businesses throughout the region.

Synonyms

increase
vsgain
559 1.0

The extra amount added to something to make it larger

is wider, meaning advantage or benefit as well as added quantity
plus
vsgain
70 1.0

An advantage that makes something better

is the broader term covering advantages, benefits, and increases in quantity
financial gain
vsgain
13 3.2

An increase in money from an investment or business activity

also covers money increases but is broader, including benefits and physical increases
profit
vsgain
9 1.6

Something that helps people or groups

includes that sense but also means an increase in amount or value

Antonyms

loss
661 1.4

The event when you stop having someone or something important

loss
313 2.1

Money lost by a business or person

Idioms

no pain, no gain
  • Informal
6 4.2

To work hard or accept some pain to reach a worthwhile goal

to gain a life of its own
7.8

To become larger and hard to control as it spreads beyond where it started

Compounds

capital gain
  • Specialized
94 5.4

An increase in value when you sell something for more than you paid

financial gain
13 3.2

An increase in money from an investment or business activity

loop gain
  • Specialized
1 9.1

How much output an amplifier sends back to its input, affecting how steady it is

How Much

bonanza
23 7.1
profit
9 1.6
gain
  • Specialized
531 2.3
benefit
∞ 1.0
boon
37 4.4

Surface Forms

gain singular
gains plural

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.