Gain

Definition of gain:

part of speech: verb

To improve or make progress; increase; advance.

part of speech: verb

To obtain; acquire; reach.

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:

• 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.