gained
GAYND/ɡeɪnd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of gain.
Investors gained substantial returns during the market rally last spring.
The country had gained its independence long before the treaty was signed.
Note
A regular -ed form doing double duty: on its own it is the past (she gained ground), after have it forms the perfect, and after be the passive. Only the transitive uses take the passive (the summit was gained, weight was gained). The intransitive ones stay active: the patrol gained on them, the patient gained steadily. The sense of winning a contest is dated, so they gained the battle now sounds old-fashioned.
gained is a form of gain
gain, verb: To acquire possession of something. Full entry
- Spelling
- gain → gained: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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