gain control or independence

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• gain — gain1 W2S2 [geın] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(get something)¦ 2¦(get gradually)¦ 3¦(advantage)¦ 4¦(increase)¦ 5 gain access/entry/admittance etc (to something) 6 gain an understanding/insight/impression etc 7 gain ground 8 gain time 9¦(clock)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Independence Day (film) — Infobox Film name = Independence Day caption = Independence Day movie poster director = Roland Emmerich producer = Dean Devlin writer = Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich starring = Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary McDonnell Judd Hirsch Robert …   Wikipedia

• independence */*/*/ — UK [ˌɪndɪˈpendəns] / US noun [uncountable] Get it right: independence: Note that the correct spelling is independence (not independance or indipendence ): Wrong: Financial independance implies earning a living. Right: Financial independence… …   English dictionary

• gain — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, dramatic, enormous, huge, impressive, major, real, significant, spectacular …   Collocations dictionary

• gain — gain1 [ geın ] verb *** ▸ 1 get/achieve something ▸ 2 get benefit/advantage ▸ 3 increase in value ▸ 4 when clock goes too fast ▸ 5 arrive somewhere ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to get or achieve something, usually as a result of a lot of effort:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• 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

• WAR OF INDEPENDENCE — (Heb. מִלְחֶמֶת הָעַצְמָאוּת Milḥemet ha Aẓma ut, or מִלְחֶמֶת הַקּוֹמְמִיּוֹּת Milḥemet ha Komemiyyut, or מִלְחֶמֶת הַשִּׁחְרוּר Milḥemet ha Shiḥrur (the War of Liberation), war waged by the Jews of Palestine for survival, freedom, and political …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Croatian War of Independence — Part of the Yugoslav Wars …   Wikipedia

• Mexican War of Independence — Part of Spanish American wars of independence …   Wikipedia

• African independence movements — The African Independence Movements took place in the 1960s, when a wave of struggles for independence in African colonies was witnessed. These independence movements took place in countries like Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and South Africa …   Wikipedia

• Albanian nationalism and independence — The rise of Albanian nationalismThe 1877 1878 Russo Turkish War dealt a decisive blow to Ottoman power in the Balkan Peninsula, leaving the empire with only a precarious hold on Macedonia and the Albanian populated lands. The Albanians fear that… …   Wikipedia