How many syllables in Gain
Word
Gain
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
gain
Definition
- n. - A square or beveled 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.
- a. - Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy;
profitable; cheap; respectable.
- v. t. - That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase,
profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
- v. t. - The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable
possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
- n. - To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by
effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
- n. - To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to
obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to
gain a prize.
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