Gain

Definition

gain / geÇn / n ၁။ [U] အျမတ္။ အျမတ္အစြန္း။ One man's loss is another man's gain. ❍ We hope for some gain from our investment. ၂။ [C] တိုးလာျခင္း။ တိုးတက္မႈ။ a gain in weight of two pounds ❍ Heavy gains were recorded on the Stock Exchange today. v ၁။ (က) ~ sth (for sb) (လိုရာ) ရသည္။ 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) ဆည္းပူးမိသည္။ (အခ်ိန္) ရသည္။ gain experience/ control/ strength/ weight ❍ Our campaign is gaining momentum. ❍ The plane rapidly gained height. ေလယာဥ္သည္ ေထာင္ (ထိုး) တက္သြားသည္။ ၂။ ~ by/from (doing) sth အက်ဳိးအျမတ္ ရရိွသည္။ You can gain by watching how she works. ၃။ ( fml ) (အားထုတ္၍ လိုရာ)ေရာက္သည္။ After swimming for an hour, he finally gained the shore. ၄။ ျမန္သည္။ My watch gains (by) several minutes a day. ❏ gainful /-fl / adj အျမတ္ထြက္ေသာ။ စီးပြားတက္ေသာ။ အက်ဳိးရိွေသာ။ gainful employment. ❏ gainfully /-fǝli / adv အက်ဳိးရိွစြာ။ gainfully employed. ❏ gain ground [ IDM ] အရိွန္ရလာသည္။ The campaign is gaining ground. ❏ gain in sth [ PHRV ] တိုးလာသည္။ တိုးသည္။ gain in beauty/ height/ strength/ weight ❍ gain in confidence/ influence/ stature/ understanding. ❏ gain on sb/sth [ PHRV ] မီလာသည္။ အမီ လိုက္လာသည္။ gain on the leader in a race ❍ The Socialists are gaining on the Conservatives in the opinion polls. ❏ gain time [ IDM ] အခ်ိန္ဆြဲသည္။

Examples

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