gain

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, considerable, dramatic, enormous, huge, impressive, major, real, significant, spectacular, substantial, tremendous

▪

This change in the tax system will mean big gains for some companies.

▪ solid, strong

▪

The party has made solid gains in all areas of the country.

▪ tangible

▪ minimal, modest, small

▪ double-digit (business, esp. AmE)

▪ rapid, steady

▪ immediate

▪ future

▪ potential

▪ long-term, short-term

▪ annual, daily, monthly, etc.

▪ windfall

▪ net, overall

▪

The party made an overall gain of 39 seats.

▪ ill-gotten gains

▪

She tucked her ill-gotten gains into her purse and left.

▪ hard-won

▪ personal, private

▪

They were found to have used the investments for their private gain.

▪ commercial, economic, financial, material, monetary

▪

There will be no financial gain for mothers from this new system.

▪ electoral (esp. BrE), political

▪

the right made huge electoral gains

▪ military, territorial

▪ fat (AmE), weight

▪

She was upset by her recent weight gain.

▪ efficiency, productivity

▪

There is still scope for efficiency gains.

▪ fitness

VERB + GAIN

▪ achieve, make, reap

▪

He is already reaping political gains.

▪ maximize, minimize

▪ increase, reduce

▪ consolidate

▪

There needs to be joint political action to consolidate the gains of the elections.

▪ bring (sb), produce, yield

▪

Better workplace design can bring real gains in productivity.

▪ seek

▪

Volunteers give their time without seeking any monetary gain.

▪ show

▪

August showed a gain of 144 000 jobs.

▪ offset

▪

The party has an uphill battle to offset the gains made by other parties.

▪ outweigh

▪

The costs far outweigh any efficiency gains.

▪ reverse, wipe out

▪

War and poverty have reversed previous gains in children's health.

PREPOSITION

▪ for gain

▪

It's amazing what some people will do for gain.

▪ gain from

▪

€3.9 million gains from the sale of stock

▪ gain in

▪

Last year there was only a modest gain in earnings.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ quickly, rapidly

▪ gradually, slowly, steadily

▪

His ideas gradually gained acceptance.

▪ immediately, suddenly

▪ eventually, finally, ultimately

▪ successfully

▪ enormously, immensely, significantly

▪

The industry will gain enormously from the new proposals.

▪ financially

VERB + GAIN

▪ stand to

▪

The company stands to gain a lot from this government plan.

▪ expect to, hope to

▪

What do you hope to gain by this action?

▪ attempt to, seek to, strive to, try to

▪

Protesters tried to gain access to the palace.

▪ fail to

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪

We all gained a lot from the experience.

PHRASES

▪ have everything, little, a lot, nothing, etc. to gain, have everything, little, a lot, nothing, etc. to be gained

▪

Why not give it a go? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

▪

I don't think there's anything to be gained from this course of action.

Gain is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑index, ↑watch

Gain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑acceptance, ↑access, ↑acclaim, ↑admiration, ↑admirer, ↑admission, ↑admittance, ↑advantage, ↑affection, ↑ally, ↑altitude, ↑appreciation, ↑approval, ↑assurance, ↑attention, ↑autonomy, ↑backing, ↑bearing, ↑benefit, ↑clarity, ↑clout, ↑command, ↑compensation, ↑competence, ↑composure, ↑confidence, ↑consent, ↑control, ↑convert, ↑cooperation, ↑credibility, ↑currency, ↑custody, ↑degree, ↑diploma, ↑doctorate, ↑dominance, ↑edge, ↑efficiency, ↑employment, ↑entrance, ↑entry, ↑exemption, ↑experience, ↑expertise, ↑exposure, ↑fame, ↑familiarity, ↑fat, ↑favour, ↑first, ↑following, ↑foothold, ↑footing, ↑freedom, ↑fulfilment, ↑height, ↑hour, ↑impetus, ↑impression, ↑independence, ↑influence, ↑information, ↑initiative, ↑insight, ↑inspiration, ↑knowledge, ↑kudos, ↑lead, ↑leverage, ↑licence, ↑livelihood, ↑majority, ↑mark, ↑mass, ↑mastery, ↑maturity, ↑membership, ↑momentum, ↑monopoly, ↑muscle, ↑nickname, ↑notoriety, ↑passage, ↑permission, ↑perspective, ↑picture, ↑pleasure, ↑point, ↑popularity, ↑position, ↑possession, ↑power, ↑prestige, ↑prominence, ↑promotion, ↑publicity, ↑qualification, ↑recognition, ↑recruit, ↑reprieve, ↑reputation, ↑respect, ↑respectability, ↑reward, ↑right, ↑satisfaction, ↑scholarship, ↑seat, ↑self-confidence, ↑semblance, ↑sense, ↑significance, ↑skill, ↑speed, ↑stature, ↑status, ↑strength, ↑summit, ↑support, ↑supremacy, ↑sympathy, ↑throne, ↑time, ↑trust, ↑understanding, ↑victory, ↑visibility, ↑vote, ↑wealth, ↑weight, ↑win