gaining

Verb

gain (third-person singular simple present gains, present participle gaining, simple past and past participle gained)

1. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
   • Looks like you’ve gained a new friend.
2. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
   • The sick man gains daily.
3. (dated, transitive) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
   • to gain a battle; to gain a case at law
4. (transitive) To increase.
   • Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC
5. (intransitive, often, with-on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
   • to gain ground
6. (transitive) To reach.
   • to gain the top of a mountain

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