Dictionary entry details
• GAIN (noun)
Meaning:
A quantity that is added
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
increase; gain; addition
Context examples:
there was an addition to property taxes this year / they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
Hypernyms ("gain" is a kind of...):
indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gain"):
accretion (something contributing to growth or increase)
Meaning:
The advantageous quality of being beneficial
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
gain; profit
Hypernyms ("gain" is a kind of...):
advantage; vantage (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gain"):
account (the quality of taking advantage)
gainfulness; lucrativeness; profitability; profitableness (the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit)
Meaning:
The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
amplification; gain
Hypernyms ("gain" is a kind of...):
increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gain"):
loop gain ((telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input)
Meaning:
The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("gain" is a kind of...):
amount; amount of money; sum; sum of money (a quantity of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gain"):
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)
Antonym:
loss (the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue)
• GAIN (verb)
Meaning:
Obtain
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
gain; derive
Context example:
derive pleasure from one's garden
Hypernyms (to "gain" is one way to...):
obtain (come into possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gain"):
draw; reap (get or derive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Win something through one's efforts
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
gain; win; acquire
Context examples:
I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese / Gain an understanding of international finance
Hypernyms (to "gain" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gain"):
cozen (cheat or trick)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They gain the money
Meaning:
Derive a benefit from
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
benefit; profit; gain
Context example:
She profited from his vast experience
Hypernyms (to "gain" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gain"):
cash in on (take advantage of or capitalize on)
profiteer (make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods)
capitalise; capitalize; take advantage (draw advantages from)
pyramid (enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts)
clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Reach a destination, either real or abstract
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
arrive at; reach; gain; attain; hit; make
Context examples:
We hit Detroit by noon / The water reached the doorstep / We barely made it to the finish line / I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
"Gain" entails doing...:
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gain"):
ground; run aground (hit or reach the ground)
come through; get through (succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems)
culminate (reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body)
find (succeed in reaching; arrive at)
make (reach in time)
top (reach or ascend the top of)
summit (reach the summit of a mountain)
top out (reach the highest point)
catch up (reach the point where one should be after a delay)
scale; surmount (reach the highest point of)
breast (reach the summit)
access; get at (reach or gain access to)
peak (to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity)
bottom out (reach the low point)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
pull ahead; make headway; get ahead; gain ground; win; gain; advance
Context examples:
The home team was gaining ground / After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gain"):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
steal (steal a base)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
fall back (retreat)
Meaning:
Rise in rate or price
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
gain; advance
Context example:
The stock market gained 24 points today
Hypernyms (to "gain" is one way to...):
climb; mount; rise; wax (go up or advance)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The moon will soon gain
Meaning:
Increase in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
gain momentum / gain nerve
Hypernyms (to "gain" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
earn; realise; pull in; bring in; realize; gain; take in; make; clear
Context examples:
How much do you make a month in your new job? / She earns a lot in her new job / this merger brought in lots of money / He clears $5,000 each month
Hypernyms (to "gain" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gain"):
bear; pay; yield (bring in)
gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)
bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They gain the money
Meaning:
Increase (one's body weight)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
gain; put on
Context example:
She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising
Hypernyms (to "gain" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gain"):
fill out; flesh out; round (become round, plump, or shapely)
pack on (gain (weight))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
reduce (take off weight)
