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• gain access to sth — ► to be allowed to use or receive something: »Every day, more citizens gain access to the Web and each other. ► MARKETING to be able to sell a product in a particular place for the first time: »He is willing to invest millions of dollars in… …   Financial and business terms

• gain — 1 /geIn/ verb 1 GET STH (T) to obtain or achieve something important or valuable: She gained high grades in English and Math. | After gaining independence in 1957, it was renamed Ghana . | when radical left parties gained control of local… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• gain — [[t]ge͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦ gains, gaining, gained 1) VERB If a person or place gains something such as an ability or quality, they gradually get more of it. [V n] Students can gain valuable experience by working on the campus radio or magazine... [V in n] …   English dictionary

• gain — 01. I ve [gained] a lot of weight over the last year because I haven t been doing much exercise. 02. He was eventually able to find [gainful] employment after working almost the entire year in a crappy little minimum wage job. 03. Today, on the… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Gain (lasers) — Gain (or amplification) in laser physics is a process, where the medium transfers part of its energy to the emitted electromagnetic radiation, resulting in an increase in laser power. This is basic principle of all lasers.Quantitatively, the… …   Wikipedia

• Gain-switching — is a technique in optics by which a laser can be made to produce pulses of light of extremely short duration, of the order of picoseconds (10 12s).In a semiconductor laser, the optical pulses are generated by injecting a large number of carriers… …   Wikipedia

• gain — gain1 [gān] n. [ME < OFr gaaigne < gaaignier: see GAIN1 the vt.] 1. an increase; addition; specif., a) [often pl.] an increase in wealth, earnings, etc.; profit; winnings b) an increase in advantage; advantage; improvement 2. the act of… …   English World dictionary

• Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) — Single par Mariah Carey extrait de l’album Rainbow Face B Crybaby Sortie 6 juin  …   Wikipédia en Français

• Can-Am motorcycles — Can Am is a motorcycle producing subsidiary of the Bombardier Recreational Products, a Canadian corporation.In 1973, under the direction and leadership of an American Engineer named Gary Robinson and former motocross World Champion, Jeff Smith… …   Wikipedia

• gain someone's confidence — gain/​get someone’s confidence phrase to make someone feel that they can trust you You need to gain the horse’s confidence. Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone s emotions or attitudessynonym Main entry: confidence …   Useful english dictionary

• gain|a|ble — «GAY nuh buhl», adjective. that can be gained: »Greatness in art…is not a teachable or gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God made great man (John Ruskin) …   Useful english dictionary