gain

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , , from , a reduplication of , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; see, ,. Compare also 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The Middle English word was reinforced by, from , , , a noun derivative of , , from , ultimately from , , ; compare 🇨🇬, (Modern 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to,.

Verb

 * 1)  To acquire possession of.
 * 2)  To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
 * 3)  To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
 * 4)  To increase.
 * 5)  To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
 * 6)  To reach.
 * 7) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
 * 8)  To put on weight.
 * 9)   To run fast.
 * 1)  To increase.
 * 2)  To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
 * 3)  To reach.
 * 4) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
 * 5)  To put on weight.
 * 6)   To run fast.
 * 1) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
 * 2)  To put on weight.
 * 3)   To run fast.
 * 1)  To put on weight.
 * 2)   To run fast.
 * 1)  To put on weight.
 * 2)   To run fast.
 * 1)   To run fast.
 * 1)   To run fast.

Translations

 * Arabic: كَسَبَ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: amintu
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მიღება, შეძენა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: κερδαίνω, κτάομαι
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Interlingua: ganiar
 * Irish: gnóthaigh
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 獲得する, 増強する
 * Korean:
 * Latgalian: dabuot, turēt, apturēt, pasmeļt
 * Latin:, lucror
 * Latvian: gūt, iegūt, dabūt
 * Middle English: awinnen, winnen
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: отри́мувати


 * Swedish:


 * Irish: sroich
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , mettere su peso
 * Polish: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) The act of gaining; acquisition.
 * 2) The thing or things gained.
 * 3)  The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
 * 1) The thing or things gained.
 * 2)  The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
 * 1)  The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
 * 1)  The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

Translations

 * Armenian: ի հայտ բերել
 * Bulgarian: печелене
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მიღება, გაზრდა, მომატება, მატება
 * German:, Zugewinnen
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: მოგება, მიღებული, შენაძენი, შემოსავალი, სარგებელი
 * German:, Zugewinn, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌹
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: brabach
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: quaestus, fanus, fructum
 * Middle English: gayn, win
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gevinst,
 * Nynorsk: gevinst, utbytte
 * Ottoman Turkish: آصی, فائده
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: prothaid
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tocharian B: kallau
 * Ukrainian:, ви́граш


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: გაძლიერება
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 増幅率
 * Norwegian: forsterkning
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: поси́лення


 * Interlingua:
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From dialectal English, , short for , ; also , , , , from ,. More at.

Preposition

 * 1)  Against.

Etymology 3
From, , , from , from (whence ); see below at gain. Adverb from, , from the adjective.

Adjective

 * 1)  Straight, direct; near; short.
 * 2)  Suitable; convenient; ready.
 * 3)  Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
 * 4)  Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
 * 1)  Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
 * 2)  Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

Translations

 * Swedish:

Adverb

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

Etymology 4
Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Etymology
From, further etymology.

Noun

 * 1) upper part, top
 * 2) summit
 * 3) cream butterfat part of milk which rises to the top
 * 4)  cream the best part of something
 * 1) cream butterfat part of milk which rises to the top
 * 2)  cream the best part of something
 * 1)  cream the best part of something

Etymology
, from, deverbal from the verb (whence Modern 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) a  (of something), an instance of saving (something); an increase (in something)
 * 2)  winnings, earnings, takings
 * , yield
 * 1)  winnings, earnings, takings
 * , yield
 * , yield

Etymology
From, compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to have

Etymology 1
From, , from , from ; also influenced by , from the same Proto-Germanic form. .

Preposition

 * 1)  against, next to, touching
 * 2)  against, opposed to, counter to, opposing
 * 3) towards, to, nearing
 * 4)  on, on top of
 * 5)  facing, pointed towards

Adverb

 * 1) back (to), returning (to)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) income (financial)