gain
Definition of gain:
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: verb
To obtain by effort: to earn: to be successful in: to draw to one's own party: to reach: ( New Test.) to escape.
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: verb
To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain by effort; to procure; to have profit or advantage; to reach or arrive at.
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Common misspellings:
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- gaing (11.9%)
- gaisn (1.5%)
- gane (1.5%)
- gaine (20.9%)
- gaint (7.5%)
- gan (7.5%)
- gian (29.9%)
- agin (6.0%)
- reviel (1.5%)
- goin (1.5%)
- gace (1.5%)
- gaiin (3.0%)
- ain (1.5%)
- tain (1.5%)
- gean (3.0%)
Usage examples for gain:
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Men did not go out and suffer and die for the sake of any gain that they could make.
"Between You and Me" – Sir Harry Lauder -
You don't gain you lose.
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories" – Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Last Updated: February 18, 2009 -
What do you gain
"The Spinners" – Eden Phillpotts -
You lose your son; I gain a wife.
"The Scarlet Feather" – Houghton Townley
