NOUN | quantity | gain, addition, increase | a quantity that is added |
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attribute | gain, profit | the advantageous quality of being beneficial | |
attribute | gain, amplification | the amount of increase / increase / increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | |
possession | gain | the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating | |
VERB | possession | gain, derive | obtain |
possession | gain, acquire, win | win something through one's efforts | |
possession | gain, profit, benefit | derive a benefit from | |
motion | gain, reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at | reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract | |
competition | gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground | obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | |
change | gain, advance | rise in rate or price / price | |
change | gain, gather | increase / increase or develop | |
possession | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction | |
body | gain, put on | increase (one's body weight) |
Sounds | gey'n | |
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Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... |
Meaning | A quantity that is added. | |
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Example | "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" | |
Synonyms | addition, increase | |
Narrower | accretion | Something contributing to growth or increase / increase / increase / increase |
Broader | indefinite quantity | An estimated quantity |
Spanish | adición, aumento, incremento | |
Catalan | addició, augment, increment |
Meaning | The advantageous quality of being beneficial. | |
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Synonym | profit | |
Narrower | account | The quality of taking advantage |
profitableness, profitability, gainfulness, lucrativeness | The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit | |
Broader | advantage, vantage | The quality of having a superior or more favorable position |
Spanish | beneficio, ganancia, provecho | |
Catalan | benefici, guany, profit |
Meaning | The amount of increase / increase / increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input. | |
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Synonym | amplification | |
Narrower | loop gain | (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input |
Broader | increase, increment | The amount by which something increases / increases |
Spanish | amplificación, ganancia | |
Catalan | guany |
Meaning | The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating. | |
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Narrower | financial gain | The amount of monetary gain |
paper profit | An unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price | |
Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money | A quantity of money |
Opposite | loss, red ink, red | The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue |
Spanish | beneficio, ganancia | |
Catalan | benefici, guany, lucre |
Meaning | Obtain. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Synonym | derive | |
Narrower | reap, draw | Get or derive |
Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
Spanish | ganar, recibir, sacar |
Meaning | win something through one's efforts. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Model | They gain the money | |
Example | "Gain an understanding of international finance" | |
Synonyms | acquire, win | |
Narrower | cozen | cheat or trick |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Opposite | lose | fail to get or obtain |
Spanish | adquirir, ganarse, ganar, triunfar, vencer | |
Catalan | guanyar-se | |
Nouns | gainer | a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits / profits) |
Meaning | derive a benefit from. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | profit, benefit | |
Narrower | capitalize, capitalise, take advantage | Draw advantages from |
cash in on | take advantage of or capitalize on | |
net, sack, sack up, clear | make as a net profit | |
profiteer | make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods | |
pyramid | enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Spanish | adquirir, aprovecharse, aprovechar, beneficiarse, beneficiar, ganar, obtener frutos, sacar provecho, sacar ventaja | |
Catalan | afavorir, aprofitar-se, beneficiar-se, beneficiar | |
Nouns | gainer | a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits / profits) |
Meaning | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at | |
Entails | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Narrower | access, get at | reach or gain access to |
bottom out | reach the low point | |
catch up | reach the point where one should be after a delay | |
culminate | reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body | |
find | succeed in reaching | |
get through, come through | succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination / destination after overcoming problems | |
ground, run aground | hit or reach the ground | |
make | reach in time | |
scale, surmount | reach the highest point / point of | |
summit, breast | reach the summit (of a mountain) | |
top | reach or ascend the top of | |
top out, peak | To reach the highest point | |
Similar to | make | reach in time |
Spanish | alcanzar, arribar, contactar, ganar, llegar, lograr, obtener, pegar | |
Catalan | arribar a, arribar, assolir, contactar, pegar |
Meaning | Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Example | "The home team was gaining ground" | |
Synonyms | advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground | |
Narrower | score, hit, tally, rack up | gain points in a game / game / game |
steal | Steal a base | |
Opposite | fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede | retreat |
Spanish | adelantarse, anticipar, avanzarse, avanzar, ganar, internarse | |
Catalan | anticipar, avançar-se, endinsar-se, guanyar, internar-se | |
Nouns | gainer | a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits / profits) |
Meaning | Rise in rate or price / price. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
Model | The moon will soon gain | |
Example | "The stock market gained 24 points today" | |
Synonym | advance | |
Broader | wax, mount, climb, rise | go up or advance |
Spanish | adelantar, anticipar, aumentar, ganar | |
Catalan | anticipar, augmentar, avançar-se, avançar |
Meaning | increase / increase or develop. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "the peace movement gained momentum" | |
Synonym | gather | |
Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
Spanish | congregar | |
Catalan | congregar, guanyar |
Meaning | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They gain the money | |
Synonyms | take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | |
Narrower | eke out, squeeze out | make by laborious and precarious means |
gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | |
profit, turn a profit | make a profit | |
rake in, shovel in | earn large sums of money | |
rake off | Take money from an illegal transaction | |
take home, bring home | earn as a salary or wage | |
yield, pay, bear | bring in | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Similar to | make | act in a certain way so as to acquire |
net, sack, sack up, clear | make as a net profit | |
Spanish | adquirir, advertir, clarificar, cobrar, ganar, hacer | |
Catalan | advertir, clarificar, guanyar | |
Nouns | gainer | a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits / profits) |
Meaning | increase (one's body weight). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" | |
Synonym | put on | |
Narrower | pack on | gain (weight) |
round, flesh out, fill out | Become round, plump, or shapely | |
Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
Opposite | reduce, melt off, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down | Take off weight |
Spanish | engordar, engrosar, engruesar, ganar | |
Catalan | engreixar-se, engrossir-se | |
Nouns | gainer | a person who gains weight |
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