gain verb [I or T] (GET)
B1
Alternative medicine has only just started to gain respectability in our society.
[ + two objects ] It was her performances in Aida that gained her an international reputation as a soprano.
After you've gained some experience teaching abroad, you can come home and get a job.
The data exists all right - the difficulty is in gaining access to it.
- getI got a new bike for my birthday.
- receiveYou will receive your tickets by email.
- obtainAfter many years of trying, she finally obtained Brazilian citizenship.
- gainYou will improve at the job as you gain experience.
- earnEventually, you will earn the dog's trust.
- achieveShe achieved an A+ on the physics test.
- You can't gain access to the computer system without entering your password.
- The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.
- He gained a reputation as being a staunch defender of civil rights.
- The pacifist movement is gaining increasing support among young people.
- This policy may appeal to the party faithful, but will it gain the support of uncommitted voters?
- acceptance
- acquirable
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- bemedaled
- capture
- command
- earn
- get at someone phrasal verb
- get back phrasal verb
- get something for something
- get something from someone
- get/lay/put your hands on someone idiom
- reacquisition
- recipient
- run with something phrasal verb
- screw
- screw something out of someone phrasal verb
gain verb [I or T] (INCREASE)
- speed upThe car sped up to 100 mph.
- pick up speedThe hurricane is picking up speed as it approaches the coast.
- gain speedAccidents often happen when a driver gains speed going downhill.
- gather speedThe economic recovery was starting to gather speed.
- accelerateThe vehicle accelerated around the turn.
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- accumulatively
- add fuel to something
- blaze
- crank
- explosive
- go into orbit idiom
- go up phrasal verb
- growing
- growingly
- heighten
- mushroom
- rack something up phrasal verb
- raise consciousness
- ramp
- ramp something up phrasal verb
- ratchet something up/down phrasal verb
- stake
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gain verb [I or T] (CLOCK/WATCH)
Phrasal verb
gain noun [C or U] (SOMETHING OBTAINED)
Whatever the objections to this sort of treatment, the gains in terms of the number of lives saved are substantial.
- Many people get caught in a vicious circle of dieting and weight gain.
- Electricals made big gains in this afternoon's trading on Wall Street.
- The collapse of its rivals brought fortuitous gains to the company.
- The election returns produced a confusing picture of gains and losses.
- The party made modest gains in the elections, but nothing like the huge gains that were predicted.
- acceptance
- acquirable
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- bemedaled
- capture
- command
- earn
- get at someone phrasal verb
- get back phrasal verb
- get something for something
- get something from someone
- get/lay/put your hands on someone idiom
- reacquisition
- recipient
- run with something phrasal verb
- screw
- screw something out of someone phrasal verb
gain noun [C or U] (INCREASE)
- increaseThere has been an sharp increase in municipal taxes this year.
- riseLast month saw a rise in the rate of inflation.
- gainWe are not seeing the gains in productivity that we expected.
- boostWe are hoping for a boost in sales this year.
- accrete
- accrue
- anti-growth
- balloon
- bell
- billow
- bump
- engorged
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- expansion into something
- oak
- outgrow
- over-expansion
- pile
- pile on the pounds idiom
- puff up phrasal verb
- put something on phrasal verb
- stretch
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