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What does the word gain mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To get; win; arrive at; reach.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To win over; propitiate.

Part of speech: verb

To make progress; improve; advance; obtain the advantage; often followed by on or upon.

Part of speech: noun

An advantage; acquisition; profit; increase.

Usage examples for gain

So she came to him in the night, with a drink, and said: " I give you this in hopes I'll gain more drink by you." – Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin
" The roof is safe," thought he, as he withdrew from the window; " and now I do not know whether the loss of the veranda may not prove a gain to us." – The Pirate by Frederick Marryat