| 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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