Gain

Meaning

Gain means to obtain, receive, or achieve something valuable, useful, or desirable. It can also mean to increase in amount, strength, or importance.

Pronunciation

/ɡeɪn/

Word Forms

• Base form: gain
• Past tense: gained
• Past participle: gained
• Present participle: gaining
• Noun: gain

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common Collocations

• gain experience — to obtain experience through doing or encountering something.
• gain confidence — to become more confident.
• gain knowledge — to acquire knowledge.
• gain control — to obtain the ability to control something.
• gain weight — to become heavier.
• gain an advantage — to obtain a position that gives you an advantage over someone or something else.

Example Sentences

• She gained valuable experience during her first year at the company.
• He gradually gained confidence as he became more familiar with the subject.
• The students gained a better understanding of the problem.
• The team gained control of the situation.
• She has gained a lot of knowledge from reading widely.

Literary Example

Example:

“Melancholy followed, but by degrees I gained a clear conception of my miseries and situation and was then released from my prison.”

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein

Here, gain means to gradually obtain or acquire something. Victor gains a clearer understanding of his condition and circumstances while imprisoned. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

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