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gainer [ˈgeɪnə] n
1. a person or thing that gains 2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) Also called full gainer a type of dive in which the diver leaves the board facing forward and completes a full backward somersault to enter the water feet first with his back to the diving board Compare half gainer ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations gainer n I was the gainer → ich habe dabei profitiert; there were more losers than gainers → es gab mehr Verlierer als Gewinner; the biggest gainer was the government → die Regierung hat am meisten (davon) profitiert How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I feel sure that if all the other Old Masters were lost and only these two preserved, the world would be the gainer by it. Now what interest in the world, then, is there left - what interest in the world can you possibly represent - which can be the gainer by your present action? Considerate men, of every description, ought to prize whatever will tend to beget or fortify that temper in the courts: as no man can be sure that he may not be to-morrow the victim of a spirit of injustice, by which he may be a gainer to-day. |
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