Dictionary Entry
gain
gain is a 4-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
- 2adjective
Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
- 3transitive verb
That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
- 4transitive verb
The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
- 5noun
To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
- 6noun
To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
- 7noun
To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- 8noun
To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
- 9noun
To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.
- 10intransitive verb
To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.
- 11noun
the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
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- 12noun
the advantageous quality of being beneficial
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- 13noun
the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
- 14noun
a quantity that is added
"there was an addition to property taxes this year"
"they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
- 15verb
increase (one's body weight)
"She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
- 16verb
increase or develop
"the peace movement gained momentum"
"the car gathers speed"
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- 17verb
rise in rate or price
"The stock market gained 24 points today"
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- 18verb
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
"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"
- 19verb
reach a destination, either real or abstract
"We hit Detroit by noon"
"The water reached the doorstep"
- 20verb
win something through one's efforts
"I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"
"Gain an understanding of international finance"
- 21verb
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
"How much do you make a month in your new job?"
"She earns a lot in her new job"
- 22verb
derive a benefit from
"She profited from his vast experience"
- 23verb
obtain
"derive pleasure from one's garden"
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