How to pronounce “gain”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) To acquire possession of.
• (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
• (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
• (transitive) To increase.
• (intransitive, often with on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
• (transitive) To reach.
• To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
• (intransitive) To put on weight.
• (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
• [Noun]
• The act of gaining; acquisition.
• The thing or things gained.
• (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
• [Preposition]
• (obsolete) Against.
• [Adjective]
• (obsolete or dialectal) Straight, direct; near; short.
• (obsolete or dialectal) Suitable; convenient; ready.
• (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
• (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
• [Adverb]
• (obsolete or dialectal) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
• (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
• (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.

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