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I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.
Dean Acheson

Meaning of "gainful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GAINFUL

gainful  [ˈɡeɪnfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAINFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gainful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GAINFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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The 2K12 "Kub" mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defence system designed to protect ground forces from air attack. "2К12" is the GRAU designation of the system. Each 2K12 battery consists of a number of similar tracked vehicles, one of which carries the 1S91 25 kW G/H band radar equipped with a continuous wave illuminator, in addition to an optical sight. The battery usually also includes four triple-missile transporter erector launchers and four trucks each carrying three spare missiles and a crane. TEL is based on a GM-578 chassis, while the 1S91 radar vehicle on a GM-568, all developed and produced by MMZ.

Definition of gainful in the English dictionary

The definition of gainful in the dictionary is profitable; lucrative.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GAINFUL


baneful
ˈbeɪnfʊl
designful
dɪˈzaɪnfʊl
dessertspoonful
dɪˈzɜːtspuːnfʊl
dinful
ˈdɪnfʊl
disdainful
dɪsˈdeɪnfʊl
manful
ˈmænfʊl
mournful
ˈmɔːnfʊl
painful
ˈpeɪnfʊl
plainful
ˈpleɪnfʊl
sdeignfull
ˈzdeɪnfʊl
sinful
ˈsɪnfʊl
tablespoonful
ˈteɪbəlˌspuːnfʊl
teaspoonful
ˈtiːspuːnfʊl
tinful
ˈtɪnfʊl
trainful
ˈtreɪnfʊl
tuneful
ˈtjuːnfʊl
ungainful
ʌnˈɡeɪnfʊl
unsinful
ʌnˈsɪnfʊl
untuneful
ʌnˈtjuːnfʊl
urnful
ˈɜːnfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAINFUL

gain
gain ground
gain time
gainable
gainer
gainful employment
gainfully
gainfulness
gaingiving
gainings
gainless
gainlessness
gainliness
gainly
gains
gainsaid
gainsay
gainsayer
Gainsborough
gainstrive

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAINFUL

apronful
basinful
canful
dearnful
dernful
gardenful
gowpenful
groanful
hornful
moanful
panful
penful
scornful
screenful
skinful
spleenful
spoonful
teenful
unmanful
unpainful

Synonyms and antonyms of gainful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GAINFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gainful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gainful

Translation of «gainful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAINFUL

Find out the translation of gainful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gainful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gainful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有报酬的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

remunerado
570 millions of speakers

English

gainful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाभकारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مربحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

доходное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

remunerado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লাভজনক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

profitable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendapat keuntungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einträglich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有給の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이익이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Entuk manfaat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có lợi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லாபகரமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फायदेशीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kazançlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lucrativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zarobkowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дохідне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lucrative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επικερδή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besoldigde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inkomstbringande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lønnet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gainful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAINFUL»

The term «gainful» is regularly used and occupies the 70.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAINFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gainful

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2 QUOTES WITH «GAINFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gainful.
1
Dean Acheson
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.
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Leonard Boswell
As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAINFUL»

Discover the use of gainful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gainful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gainful Employment
"Gainful Employment" explains how to get the job, the promotion, and how work contributes to total success. The resource helps equip the reader to get the most out of each and every job, and to succeed no matter the circumstance.
Peter Suchy, 2008
2
Women in Gainful Occupations, 1870 to 1920: A Study of the ...
Table Page 139.—Number and percentage of native white married women of native parentage engaged in gainful occupations, for cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more and for areas outside of such cities, by divisions and States: 1920 ...
Joseph Adna Hill, 1929
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Index of data tabulated from the 1930 census of population ...
FAMILIES WITH MAN HEAD Native white Families with— No gainful workers l gainful worker"- — -j 2 gainful workers 3 gainful workers 4 or more gainful workers! Foreign-born white — [ Families with— No gainful workers — — — | l gainful ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1940
4
Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act
The test is not whether the applicant can do his or her former job or a job which would pay a comparable wage He or she must be physically unable to do any job that is substantially gainful, even if the pay is significantly lower than in the ...
Gordon Killeen, 2009
5
Administrative Law and Procedure
The statute defined "disability" as the "inability to engage in substantial gainful activity. ..." The statutory definition, however, does not tell us what "substantial gainful activity" means. The statutory definition of "disability" has little meaning if you ...
Elizabeth C. Richardson, 1995
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Fifteenth census of the United States: 1930. Population
Native white NUMBEB OF FAMILIES Native white PBB CENT DISTBIBÜTION ABEA, TKNUBE, AND NUM- BEB OP GAINFUL WOBKEBS All classes Foreign- born white i Other races All Foreign or mixed parentage Foreign- born white Negro ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, Leon Edgar Truesdell
7
Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910
This table shows that, in the United States in 1910, 78.8 per cent of the persons engaged in gainful occupations were males and 21.2 per cent were females. Males constituted over seven-tenths of the gainful workers in each geographic ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, Edward Dana Durand, William Julius Harris, 1914
8
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
‎2006
9
Social Security Disability and the Legal Professional
Generally, SSA's regulations define SGA as work that is both substantial and gainful. However, further definitions of substantial and gainful are provided in the regulations to heip determine what constitutes SGA. Substantial work activity ...
Jeffrey Scott Wolfe, Lisa B. Proszek, 2003
10
Social Security and Family Assistance Law
[1035.04] "vocational training for at least 8 hours a week" - s 1 035(1 )(b)(iii)(C) [ 1035.01] "gainful employment" - s 1 035(1 )(a)(ii) In Re Hastings and SDSS ( 1987), the applicant was undertaking tertiary studies which would have enhanced his ...
Peter Sutherland, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAINFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gainful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Steven Wayne Clark: Conversation starter
Arkansas' second biggest city once boasted big production plants, transportation yards and gainful employment. It still has the "bones" of that ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
2
Is This Petty? He Proposed Without A Ring, And I'm Starting To Feel …
... lacks other benchmarks of adulthood such as gainful employment, ... to marry him without having gainful employment, a home and finances. «Madame Noire, Jul 15»
3
Commentary: Our first college graduate nailed all her lessons, and …
Emily graduated this June with a degree in environmental science and management, which may or may not eventually result in gainful ... «Milpitas Post, Jul 15»
4
Twice bitten: White-collar crime victims mostly unpaid despite …
“But it's challenging because often, they don't have gainful and consistent employment,” Roof said. The county probation office doesn't have ... «Modesto Bee, Jul 15»
5
Local criminologist offers suggestions as Crescent City sees violent …
He believes an acute focus on giving all the city's young people opportunities for quality education and gainful employment is the best place to ... «WDSU New Orleans, Jul 15»
6
Matt Driscoll: Tacoma banned the box for city jobs. Now it's time to …
If a person is unable to find gainful employment after a criminal conviction, it stands to reason that they're more likely to return to the things that ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
7
Brown: State's waiting list leaves mentally ill woman stuck in jail
Ten years ago, Schroer worried whether she would be able to find gainful employment again. Now, she's like anybody else, wondering at age 58 how long she ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
8
White House Balks at Senate's Education Spending Bill
... the Pell Grant program and block enforcement of the administration's gainful employment rules. The Statement of Administration Policy stops ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jul 15»
9
10 Things You Should Know About Gov. Rauner's Pension Reform …
... Public Safety Employee Benefit Act so it clearly states that such an injury would preclude the injured employee from performing gainful work. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
What the New Gainful Employment Rule Means for College Students
The gainful employment regulation requires vocational programs at for-profit higher education institutions and nondegree programs at ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»

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