Definizione monolingua

gain

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

1. (transitive) To acquire possession of what one did not have before.

   Looks like youve gained a new friend.

2. (transitive) To increase.
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.

3. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.

   Im gaining (on you).

   gain ground

4. (transitive) To reach.
   • 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel:

     Ernest laughed harshly and savagely when he had gained the street.

5. (intransitive) To put on weight.

   Ive been gaining (weight).

6. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.

gain (plural gains)

1. The act of gaining.
2. What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.

   No pain, no gain.

3. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

gain (comparative more gain, superlative most gain)

1. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.

   the gainest way

2. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
3. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
4. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

gain (comparative more gain, superlative most gain)

1. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
2. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
3. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.

   gain quiet (= fairly/pretty quiet)

gain

1. (obsolete) Against.

Definizione dizionario gain

	guadagnare
	acquire
	Ottenere un successo attraverso lo sforzo e il lavoro.
	To gain (success) through applied effort or work.

guadagno

profitto

acquisire

beneficio

vantaggio

	assumere
	Prendere o acquistare spec. una qualità.
	Get a characteristic.

	aumento
	Il valore che assume una quantità.
	An amount by which a quantity is enlarged.

	lucro
	what one gains (profit)

	utilità
	Vantaggio, tornaconto personale.

acquistare

approfittare

arrivare

arruolare

aumentare

bastare

comperare

comprare

conseguire

convenienza

ingaggiare

lucrare

migliorare

ottenere

prodotto

raggiungere

recuperare

ricavare

utile

vincere

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To put on weight.

(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

(intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.

(dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.

(transitive) To acquire possession of what one did not have before.

act of gaining

(dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.

The act of gaining.

gain (victory)

(transitive) To increase.

factor by which signal is multiplied

(obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.

(dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

(dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.

(obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.

(transitive) To reach.

have (bear, beget) a child

(obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.

(of a clock or watch) To run fast.

(obsolete) Against.

What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.