gainful

/ˈɡeɪnfʊl/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈɡeɪnfʊl/

gainful

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

gain - ful -> gainful

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အမြတ်ထွက်သော။စီးပွားတက်သော။အကျိုးရှိသော။

Full entry

gain / geÇn / n

၁။ [U] အမြတ်။ အမြတ်အစွန်း။ One man's loss is another man's gain. ❍ We hope for some gain from our investment.
၂။ [C] တိုးလာခြင်း။ တိုးတက်မှု။ a gain in weight of two pounds ❍ Heavy gains were recorded on the Stock Exchange today.
v
၁။ (က) ~ sth (for sb) (လိုရာ) ရသည်။ gain possession of sth ❍ gain access to secret information ❍ gain sb's affections ❍ I gained the impression that the matter had been settled. ❍ His persistence gained him victory.
(ခ) ဆည်းပူးမိသည်။ (အချိန်) ရသည်။ gain experience/ control/ strength/ weight ❍ Our campaign is gaining momentum. ❍ The plane rapidly gained height. လေယာဉ်သည် ထောင် (ထိုး) တက်သွားသည်။
၂။ ~ by/from (doing) sth အကျိုးအမြတ် ရရှိသည်။ You can gain by watching how she works.
၃။ (fml ) (အားထုတ်၍ လိုရာ)ရောက်သည်။ After swimming for an hour, he finally gained the shore.
၄။ မြန်သည်။ My watch gains (by) several minutes a day.
❏ gainful /-fl / adj အမြတ်ထွက်သော။ စီးပွားတက်သော။ အကျိုးရှိသော။ gainful employment.
❏ gainfully /-fǝli / adv အကျိုးရှိစွာ။ gainfully employed.
❏ gain ground [IDM ] အရှိန်ရလာသည်။ The campaign is gaining ground.
❏ gain in sth [PHRV ] တိုးလာသည်။ တိုးသည်။ gain in beauty/ height/ strength/ weight ❍ gain in confidence/ influence/ stature/ understanding.
❏ gain on sb/sth [PHRV ] မီလာသည်။ အမီ လိုက်လာသည်။ gain on the leader in a race ❍ The Socialists are gaining on the Conservatives in the opinion polls.
❏ gain time [IDM ] အချိန်ဆွဲသည်။

More examples

Extremist political parties gained 11% of the vote.
Bolivia gained independence from Spain in 1825.
She gained a first in her French degree.
[gain access/admittance/entry to something] : He gained entry to the building by showing a fake pass.
Her theories have only recently gained acceptance.
[gain something from/by (doing) something] : She hopes to gain experience by working abroad for a year.
[gain in] : The property has gained steadily in value since they bought it.
[gain weight] : I’ve gained a lot of weight this winter.
[gain speed/momentum] : The toboggan sped down the hill, gaining momentum.
[gain something from (doing) something] : There is a lot to be gained from schools working together.
[there is nothing to be gained from/by doing something] : We should act immediately. There is nothing to be gained from waiting.
[gain from] : Whether you succeed or fail, you are sure to gain from the experience.
[stand to gain] : When the business is sold, all the brothers stand to gain.
The Nikkei index gained 45 points.
BA shares gained overnight.
The clock on my computer gains a minute every day.
They finally gained the summit.

Synonyms

increase, add, put on, grow, expand, accomplish, accretion, accrual, accumulation, achieve, achievement, acquire, acquisition, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, ameliorate, annex, attain, attainment, augment, benefit, boost, bring in, build up, buildup, capture, clear, collect, complete, consummate, cut, dividend, earn, earnings, emolument, enlarge, enlist, expansion, extend, fulfill, gather, get, glean, gravy, growth, harvest, have, headway, hike, improve, improvement, income, increment, land, lucre, make, make a killing, move forward, multiply, net, obtain, overtake, parlay, payback, payoff, perfect, pick up, proceeds, procure, produce, profit, progress, promote, rack up, reach, realize, reap, receipts, return, reward, rise, score, secure, share, succeed, take, up, upping, velvet, win, win over, winnings, yield

Antonyms

bills, debt, decline, decrease, deduction, demote, depart, destroy, diminish, diminishment, disadvantage, discourage, dissuade, exhaust, expenditure, fail, failure, forfeit, forfeiture, free, give in, give up, halt, handicap, harm, hinder, hindrance, hurt, injure, injury, leave, lessen, let go, lose, loss, lower, misfortune, miss, neglect, pass, plant, prevent, reduction, release, ruin, setback, shrinkage, spend, stagnation, stop, stoppage, surrender, throw away, waste, weaken, worsen, worsening, yield