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gain
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ɡeɪn/us
to increase in amount or value:
On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrials gained more than 52 points.
to get something that is important or gives you an advantage, especially over a period of time:
Most temporary employees say they gained new abilities through their assignments.
 gain access to sth
to be allowed to use or receive something:
Every day, more citizens gain access to the Web and each other.
MARKETING
to be able to sell a product in a particular place for the first time:
He is willing to invest millions of dollars in cooperative ventures in China if he can gain access to the market.
 gain currency
to become more commonly known or accepted:
Two ideas for constructing a tax reduction have been gaining currency in internal debates.
 gain ground
to become more popular or successful:
gain ground on sb/sthAfter three decades the carmaker is actually gaining ground on the competition.
Even as companies in the US are gaining ground overseas, they are also sending more American-made products abroad.
FINANCE
to increase in value:
gain ground against sthThe dollar has been gaining ground against the yen in overseas trading.

Examples of gain

gain
This concept has gained importance in recent years, and may give an indication of the qualitative level of an institution's study programme, teaching and learning.
To gain market advantage, a manufacturer should outclass competitors in either quality or cost or quick response, or a combination of one or more.
No further gains were achieved in the last decade of the century, during which the third- and fourth-generation cultivars replaced the original introduced cultivars.
Furthermore, the way in which this threshold is applied also affects the number and nature of political parties gaining representation.
A relatively high threshold, say at 7.5 %, is likely to result in fewer parties gaining representation than where the threshold is comparatively lower.
Numerous political parties have gained representation, and they all have a stake in the survival of the regime.
How could they gain recruits for their war on hearts and minds?
As the stimulus became larger, more long-range axons were recruited into the collective oscillation, thereby increasing the gain of the feedback circuit.
The thermal mass in superinsulated housing is not able to store all this solar energy, so the useful solar gains are greatly reduced.
These gains in private technical efficiency raise social costs as the technological resource stock externality is exacerbated.
But they also are found to encourage too much agricultural production and too little timber production to maximize gains from economic development.
First, how do the opportunities for private gain differ in different electoral systems?
For example, if students who pick harder stories make greater gains in reading, which is cause and which is effect?
For example, if the claimant suffered no loss, must wrongfully acquired gains be disbursed?
They all gained some position of status, never mind how, sufficient to win the respect of the general public.
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