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# gain

«gain» in Mova's school dictionary: **to get more of something, like weight, points, speed or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (gain, gains, gained, gaining); noun (a gain, gains)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To gain is to get more of something, like weight, points, speed or money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#m1)

2) To gain something can mean to win or earn it, like gaining a friend or gaining skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#m2)

3) A gain is an increase, or something you get. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#m3)

4) A gain in money is a profit: you sell something for more than it cost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#m4)

5) To gain on someone is to get closer to them in a race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

An action that adds: points gained, weight gained, money gained as profit; in maths gain is the opposite of loss. In science: a plant gains height, the Earth gains heat from the Sun. In sport: the team gained 15 yards. In stories: the runner gained on the leader. Phrases: «gain weight», «gain on», «gain time», «no pain, no gain».

### examples

- The puppy gained 2 kilograms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x1)
- The team gained 15 yards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x2)
- He gained 30 dollars when he sold the bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x3)
- She gains 5 points each round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x4)
- Practise every day and you will gain skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x5)
- The fox was gaining on the rabbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x6)
- The shop made a gain of 10 dollars on each toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x7)
- Our class gained three new pupils this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x8)
- The hare at last gained on the monkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/#x9)

### note

Gain means add (or, for profit, selling price minus cost). Trap: «gained 2 kg» is the change, not the new weight: add it to the start. Gain is the opposite of lose or loss. Regular verb: gained.

### In the corpora

- [Banded mongooses pick ticks off warthogs lying down; a friendship where both sides gain is called mutualism.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/14/)
- ["Efficiency gains" often means fewer staff doing the same work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/12/)
- [In 1817 the economist David Ricardo explained that countries gain by doing what they do best and trading, like swapping spare stickers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes/22/)
- [History is not about blaming children today; it is about understanding what was lost and gained, and treating each other fairly now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/77-what-was-lost-and-what-was-gained/4/)
- [The car gains 60 − 40 = 20 km each hour, so it catches the bus after 120 / 20 = 6 hours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/164-catching-up/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.