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gaining

Pronunciation: [ˈɡeɪnɪŋ]

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Learn how to use gaining in a sentence: 9 audio examples across 3 meanings.

Context: “achievement”

(verb) to get something that you want, like knowledge or skills. When you gain something, it means you have worked for it and now you have it.

Example

She is gaining confidence after practicing her speech every day.

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He is not gaining any new information from the same old books.

Example

What skills are you gaining from your new job?

Context: “health/fitness”

(verb) to increase in something, like weight or strength. When someone is gaining weight, it means they are getting heavier.

Example

He has been gaining weight since he started lifting weights at the gym.

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She is trying to avoid gaining weight from all the junk food.

Example

Are you gaining any weight from your new diet?

Context: “achievement”

(noun) the process of getting something valuable. Gaining refers to how you acquire something helpful or important, like knowledge or skills.

Example

His gaining of new skills in art helped him get a better job.

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Her gaining of knowledge stopped when she left school.

Example

What do you think is the most important gaining you can achieve this year?

How to pronounce gaining

Pronunciation: [ˈɡeɪnɪŋ]

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