gain

gain meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Examples of gain in a sentence

• With that said, the group hitting their legs just once a week still made gains.
• People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to avoid a loss.
• I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.

All 40 example sentences with gain

Antonyms of gain

• lose
• loss

Forms of gain

Past tense of gain: gained

Plural of gain: gains

Origin of gain

From Middle English gayn, gain, gein (“profit, advantage”), from Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from Proto-Germanic *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of Proto-Germanic *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with Icelandic gagn (“gain, advantage, use”), Swedish gagn (“benefit, profit”), Danish gavn (“gain, profit, success”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gageigan, “to gain, profit”), Old Norse gegn (“ready”), dialectal Swedish gen (“useful, noteful”), Latin cum (“with”); see gain-, again, against. Compare also Middle English gaynen, geinen (“to be of use, profit, avail”), Icelandic and Swedish gagna (“to avail, help”), Danish gavne (“to benefit”). The Middle English word was reinforced by Middle French gain (“gain, profit, advancement, cultivation”), from Old French gaaing, gaaigne, gaigne, a noun derivative of gaaignier, gaigner (“to till, earn, win”), from Frankish *waiþanōn (“to pasture, graze, hunt for food”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþiz, *waiþō, *waiþijō (“pasture, field, hunting ground”); compare Old High German weidōn...

From dialectal English gen, gin, short for again, agen (“against”); also Middle English gain, gayn, gein, ȝæn (“against”), from Old English gēan, geġn (“against”). More at against.

From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (“straight, direct, short, fit, good”), from Old Norse gegn (“straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly”), from gegn (“opposite, against”, adverb) (whence gagna (“to go against, meet, suit, be meet”)); see above. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (“fitly, quickly”), from the adjective.

Words formed from gain

• foregain
• gainable
• gainer
• gain ground
• gain line
• gain momentum
• gain on
• gain one's spurs
• gain over
• gain steam
• gain the wind
• gain time
• gain traction
• gain upon
• gain weight
• outgain
• overgain
• undergain
• ungained
• what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts
• what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
• autogain
• brain-gain
• brain gain
• capital gain
• gain-ground
• gainless
• gain-of-function
• gain of function
• gain-of-function research
• gainsharing
• gain-sharing
• gainside
• gain twist
• gainwise
• gainword
• gainworthy
• line to gain
• loss and gain are brothers twain
• maingain
• no gain without pain
• one man's loss is another man's gain
• photogain
• solar gain
• time-compensated gain
• time-gain compensation
• time-varied gain
• time-varied gain control
• weight gain
• gainful
• gainsome
• gainand
• gainly
• ungain

Phrases with gain

• gain lines
• gain times
• gain twists
• no pain, no gain

Words that rhyme with gain

• chain
• train
• grain
• retain
• domain
• attain
• lane
• again
• cane
• plain
• strain
• brain

Questions about gain

What does gain mean?

Gain means to acquire possession of.

What is gain in Hindi?

Gain in Hindi is लाभ (lābh), संप्राप्ति (samprāpti). See Gain meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is gain?

Gain can be a verb, a noun, a preposition or an adjective.

How do you pronounce gain?

Gain is pronounced /ɡeɪn/.

What is the past tense of gain?

The past tense of gain is gained.