Synonym: acquire, advance, benefit, come along, earn, get, improve, look up, make progress, obtain, pick up, receive, secure. Antonym: lose. Similar words: again, regain, against, ungainly, all over again, fight against, struggle against, maintain. Meaning: [geɪn]n. 1. a quantity that is added 2. the advantageous quality of being beneficial 3. the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input 4. the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating. v. 1. obtain 2. win something through one's efforts 3. derive a benefit from 4. reach a destination, either real or abstract 5. obtain advantages, such as points, etc. 6. rise in rate or price 7. increase in 8. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages 9. increase (one's body weight).
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1. He who does not gain loses.
2. Gain got by a lie will burn one’s fingers.
3. We lose in hake, but gain in herring.
4. Only that which is honestly got is gain.
5. Nought venture, nought have [gain, win].
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6. To gain teaches how to spend.
7. Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
8. Sometimes gain is to lose.
9. No practice, no gain in one's wit.
10. Nothing venture, nothing win (or have or gain).
11. Do not run too fast after gain.
12. Prefer loss to unjust gain.
13. Nothing venture, nothing have [gain, win].
14. Pain is forgotten where gain follows.
15. Ill-gotten gain [goods] never prosper.
16. No great loss without some small gain.
17. What you lose on the swings you gain (or get back) on the roundabouts.
18. No pain, no gain.
19. What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
20. Lightly gain, quickly lost.
21. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
22. All is not gain that is put in the purse.
23. You can only gain by further study.
24. They were unable to gain admittance to the hall.
25. When you have nothing to lose,it's time to gain.
26. His remorse is just an artifice to gain sympathy.
27. It takes years to gain a mastery of Japanese.
28. The greedy boss stopped at nothing to gain profit.
29. One man's loss is another man's gain.
30. He never reaches after personal fame and gain.
1. They were unable to gain admittance to the hall.
2. It takes years to gain a mastery of Japanese.
3. Critics claim he exploited black musicians for personal gain.
4. How did the thieves gain entry into the building?
5. The Mercedes began to gain on the van.
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6. She failed to gain admission to the university of her choice.
7. The party is expecting to gain control of the council in the next election.
8. The promise of lower taxation may have been just an election gimmick to gain votes.
9. The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.
10. Bill was among the first to gain entry to Buckingham Palace when it opened to the public recently.
11. I was able to gain invaluable experience over that year.
12. It's all part of an overall strategy to gain promotion.
13. No one party is expected to gain an outright majority.
14. The objective of the research is to gain a better insight into labour market processes.
15. The treatment has a whole host of extremely unpleasant side-effects including weight gain, acne, skin rashes and headaches.
16. Students will gain competence in a wide range of skills.
17. The greedy madam stopped at nothing to gain profit.
18. They tried to gain time by spinning out the negotiation.
19. Husbands and wives of British nationals do not automatically gain citizenship.
20. Opportunism consists of sacrificing fundamental interests in order to gain temporary, partial benefits.
21. It is impossible for a small company to gain on the big one while business is so inactive.