Gain
Definition of gain:
part of speech: verb
To improve or make progress; increase; advance.
part of speech: verb
part of speech: noun
That which is gained: profit:- opp. to LOSS.
part of speech: noun
Profit; acquisition.
part of speech: verb
To obtain, as profit or advantage; earn; win; arrive at.
part of speech: noun
Advantage; proflt; opposite to loss.
part of speech: verb
To obtain by effort: to earn: to be successful in: to draw to one's own party: to reach: ( New Test.) to escape.
Usage examples for gain:
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For he that loseth his life shall gain it.
"Hilda Wade A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose", Grant Allen. -
What the gain To Wisdom's store?
"Sonnets and Other Verse", W. M. MacKeracher. -
I don't know what you're going to gain by landing, but I'm willing to try it, if you want to.
"The Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island", Ross Kay. -
I resolved, however, to gain his consent if I could.
"The Flight of the Shadow", George MacDonald.