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Webster 1913 Edition
Gainer
Gain′er
,Noun.
One who gains.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gainer
GA'INER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
gainer
gainer
English
Noun
gainer (plural gainers)
- One who gains a profit or advantage.
- One who puts on weight.
- (sports, slang) A diving (or gymnastics) maneuver (from a high-dive diving board or high diving platform) involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.
- 1961, Stanisław Lem, Return from the Stars, chapter 4:
- I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs.
- 1961, Stanisław Lem, Return from the Stars, chapter 4:
Derived terms
Related terms
- back gainer sports
- full gainer sports
- gain
- half gainer sports
- reverse gainer sports
References
- OED2
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From gaine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛne/
Verb
gainer
Conjugation
Conjugation of gainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gainer | avoir gainé | |||||
| gerund | en gainant | en ayant gainé | |||||
| present participle | gainant /ɡɛ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gainé /ɡɛ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gaine /ɡɛn/ |
gaines /ɡɛn/ |
gaine /ɡɛn/ |
gainons /ɡɛ.nɔ̃/ |
gainez /ɡɛ.ne/ |
gainent /ɡɛn/ |
| imperfect | gainais /ɡɛ.nɛ/ |
gainais /ɡɛ.nɛ/ |
gainait /ɡɛ.nɛ/ |
gainions /ɡɛ.njɔ̃/ |
gainiez /ɡɛ.nje/ |
gainaient /ɡɛ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gainai /ɡɛ.ne/ |
gainas /ɡɛ.na/ |
gaina /ɡɛ.na/ |
gainâmes /ɡɛ.nam/ |
gainâtes /ɡɛ.nat/ |
gainèrent /ɡɛ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | gainerai /ɡɛn.ʁe/ |
gaineras /ɡɛn.ʁa/ |
gainera /ɡɛn.ʁa/ |
gainerons /ɡɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
gainerez /ɡɛn.ʁe/ |
gaineront /ɡɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gainerais /ɡɛn.ʁɛ/ |
gainerais /ɡɛn.ʁɛ/ |
gainerait /ɡɛn.ʁɛ/ |
gainerions /ɡɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gaineriez /ɡɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
gaineraient /ɡɛn.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gaine /ɡɛn/ |
gaines /ɡɛn/ |
gaine /ɡɛn/ |
gainions /ɡɛ.njɔ̃/ |
gainiez /ɡɛ.nje/ |
gainent /ɡɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
gainasse /ɡɛ.nas/ |
gainasses /ɡɛ.nas/ |
gainât /ɡɛ.na/ |
gainassions /ɡɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
gainassiez /ɡɛ.na.sje/ |
gainassent /ɡɛ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | gaine /ɡɛn/ |
— | gainons /ɡɛ.nɔ̃/ |
gainez /ɡɛ.ne/ |
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