gain

About 44.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To acquire possession of.

   Looks like you’ve gained a new friend.

2. verb To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.

   The sick man gains daily.

3. verb To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.

   to gain a battle; to gain a case at law

4. verb To increase.
5. verb To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.

   to gain ground

6. verb To reach.

   to gain the top of a mountain

7. verb To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
8. verb To put on weight.

   I’ve been gaining.

Similar words

attain take in arrive at advance gain ground get ahead make headway bring in win earn

Often followed by

a the in of or from access and is

Word family

gained gainer gainers gaining gains