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gain

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?e?n/
  • Rhymes: -e?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English gayn, gain, gein (profit, advantage), from Old Norse gagn (benefit, advantage, use), from Proto-Germanic *gagn?, *gagan? (gain, profit", literally "return), from Proto-Germanic *gagana (back, against, in return), a reduplication of Proto-Germanic *ga- (with, together), from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (next to, at, with, along). Cognate with Icelandic gagn (gain, advantage, use), Swedish gagn (benefit, profit), Danish gavn (gain, profit, success), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gageigan, to gain, profit), Old Norse gegn (ready), dialectal Swedish gen (useful, noteful), Latin cum (with); see gain-, again, against. Compare also Middle English gaynen, geinen (to be of use, profit, avail), Icelandic and Swedish gagna (to avail, help), Danish gavne (to benefit).

The Middle English word was reinforced by Middle French gain (gain, profit, advancement, cultivation), from Old French gaaing, gaaigne, gaigne, a noun derivative of gaaignier (to till, earn, win), from Frankish *waidanjan (to pasture, graze, hunt for food), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþiz, *waiþ?, *waiþij? (pasture, field, hunting ground); compare Old High German weid?n, weidan?n (to hunt, forage for food) (Modern German Weide (pasture)), Old Norse veiða (to catch, hunt), Old English w?þan (to hunt, chase, pursue). Related to wathe, wide.

Verb

gain (third-person singular simple present gains, present participle gaining, simple past and past participle gained)

  1. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
    Looks like you've gained a new friend.
  2. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
    The sick man gains daily.
  3. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
    to gain a battle; to gain a case at law
  4. (transitive) To increase.
    • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
      Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
  5. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
    I'm gaining (on you).
    gain ground
  6. (transitive) To reach.
    to gain the top of a mountain
    • 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel:
      Ernest laughed harshly and savagely when he had gained the street.
  7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
    • If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
    • to gratify the queen, and gain the court
  8. (intransitive) To put on weight.
    I've been gaining.
  9. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

gain (countable and uncountable, plural gains)

  1. The act of gaining; acquisition.
    • 1855, Alfred Tennyson, Maude
      the lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain
  2. What is gained.
  3. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
    • 1987, John Borwick, Sound recording practice (page 238)
      There follows the high and low-frequency replay equalization, which normally involves two adjustments with a further control allowing the replay gain to be set.
Antonyms
  • loss
Derived terms
  • autogain
  • gainful
  • gainsome
  • gain-ground (game)
Translations

Etymology 2

From dialectal English gen, gin, short for again, agen (against); also Middle English gain, gayn, gein, ?æn (against), from Old English g?an, ge?n (against). More at against.

Preposition

gain

  1. (obsolete) Against.
Derived terms
  • gainful

Etymology 3

From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (straight, direct, short, fit, good), from Old Norse gegn (straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly), from gegn (opposite, against, adverb) (whence gagna (to go against, meet, suit, be meet)); see below at gain. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (fitly, quickly), from the adjective.

Adjective

gain (comparative more gain, superlative most gain)

  1. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
    the gainest way
  2. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
  3. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
  4. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.


Translations


Derived terms
  • gainly
  • gainsome

Adverb

gain (comparative more gain, superlative most gain)

  1. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
  2. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
  3. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
    gain quiet (= fairly/pretty quiet)

Etymology 4

Compare Welsh gan (a mortise).

Noun

gain (plural gains)

  1. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Anagrams

  • Agin, Agni, Angi, Gina, NGIA, Nagi, Ngai, a- -ing, ag'in, agin, gina, inga

Basque

Noun

gain

  1. summit

French

Etymology

From Middle French gain, from Old French gaaing, from the verb gaaignier (to earn, gain, seize, conquer by force), from Frankish *waidanjan (to graze, forage, hunt), from Proto-Germanic *waiþ? (a hunt, pasture, food), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh?- (to seek, crave, hunt). Cognate with Old High German weidan?n (to hunt, chase), German Weide (pasture, pasturage). Compare also related Old French gain (harvest time, revival), from Frankish *waida (income, food, fodder) (whence French regain), from the same Germanic source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???/

Noun

gain m (plural gains)

  1. (usually in the plural) winnings, earnings, takings
  2. (finance) gain, yield

Derived terms

  • gain de cause
  • gain du temps

Further reading

  • “gain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French gagner (to gain), compare Haitian Creole gen.

Verb

gain

  1. to have

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gegn.

Adjective

gain

  1. Alternative form of gayn (direct, fast, good, helpful)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gagn.

Noun

gain

  1. Alternative form of gayn (gain, reward, advantage)

Etymology 3

From Old Norse gegna.

Verb

gain

  1. Alternative form of gaynen

Etymology 4

From Old English ?e?n, gæ?n, from Proto-Germanic *gagin; also influenced by Old Norse gegn, from the same Proto-Germanic form. Doublet of gayn (direct, fast, good, helpful).

Alternative forms

  • gayn, gein, ?æn, ?ein, ?ean, gayne, gen, gan, gaine, geyn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??i?n/, /?e?n/, /j?i?n/, /je?n/

Preposition

gain

  1. against, next to, touching
  2. (figuratively) against, opposed to, counter to, opposing (usually used in religious and spiritual contexts)
  3. towards, to, nearing
  4. (rare) on, on top of
  5. (rare) facing, pointed towards
Descendants
  • English: gain (obsolete)
  • Scots: gain, gin
References
  • “y??n, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Adverb

gain

  1. back (to), returning (to)
References
  • “y??n, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Middle French

Etymology

Old French gaaing.

Noun

gain m (plural gains)

  1. income (financial)

Descendants

  • French: gain

References

  • gain on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ai?n/

Adjective

gain

  1. Soft mutation of cain.

Mutation

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won

English

Etymology 1

  • Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: w?n, IPA(key): /w?n/
  • Rhymes: -?n
  • Homophone: one (some dialects only)

Verb

won

  1. simple past tense and past participle of win
Derived terms
  • unwon

Etymology 2

From Old English wunian. Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.

Alternative forms

  • wone

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /w?n/
  • Homophones: one, wan

Verb

won (third-person singular simple present wons, present participle wonning, simple past and past participle wonned)

  1. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To live, remain.
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xxxiii:
      I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won.
  2. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To be accustomed to do something.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Korean ? (?, won), from Sinitic ??? (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: w?n, IPA(key): /w?n/
  • (US) enPR: wän, IPA(key): /w?n/
  • Rhymes: -?n
  • Homophones: one, wan

Noun

won (plural won)

  1. The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
    Synonyms: ?, ?
Translations
Derived terms
  • blue won
  • red won

See also

  • North Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • South Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ? on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ? (jeon) (?)
  • ? (won)

Anagrams

  • NOW, NWO, now, own

Chuukese

Preposition

won

  1. on

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?n

Verb

won

  1. singular past indicative of winnen

French

Etymology

From Korean ? (won) (?).

Noun

won m (plural wons)

  1. won (unit of currency)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ? (?, won).

Noun

won

  1. The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.

Japanese

Romanization

won

  1. R?maji transcription of ???

Lower Sorbian

Pronoun

won m sg

  1. Superseded spelling of wón.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

won (plural wones)

  1. Alternative form of wone (dwelling)

Etymology 2

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wone (course)

Etymology 3

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wone

Etymology 4

Adverb

won

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whon

Etymology 5

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wane (deprivation)

Etymology 6

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wane

Etymology 7

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wan

Etymology 8

Noun

won (plural wones)

  1. Alternative form of wone (custom)

Etymology 9

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wane (woeful state)

Etymology 10

Verb

won (third-person singular simple present woneth, present participle wonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle woned)

  1. Alternative form of wonden

Etymology 11

Numeral

won

  1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of on

Etymology 12

Adverb

won

  1. (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

Conjunction

won

  1. (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

Etymology 13

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wonen (to dwell)

Etymology 14

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wounden: past participle of winden

Etymology 15

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
  2. Alternative form of wonnen: past participle of winnen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

won m (definite singular wonen, indefinite plural wonar, definite plural wonane)

  1. (numismatics) won (unit of currency)

References

  • “won” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /v?n/

Etymology 1

From Korean ?, from Chinese ?.

Noun

won m inan

  1. won (currency of Korea)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Russian ??? (von).

Interjection

won

  1. (colloquial, dismissal) out!, get out!
    Synonyms: precz, wynocha, sio

Further reading

  • won in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • won in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

won m (plural wones)

  1. won (unit of currency)

Wolof

Verb

  1. to show

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, ?ISBN, page 19

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