get

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (ditransitive, transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
2. (transitive) To receive.
3. (transitive) To have. See usage notes.
4. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
5. (copulative) To become, or cause oneself to become.
6. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
7. (transitive) To cause to do.
8. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
9. (intransitive, usually) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
10. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
11. (catenative, intransitive) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
12. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
13. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
14. (catenative, intransitive) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
15. (informal, transitive) To understand. (compare get it)
16. (informal, transitive) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
17. (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
18. (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
19. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
20. (informal, transitive) To catch out, trick successfully.
21. (informal, transitive) To perplex, stump.
22. (transitive) To find as an answer.
23. (informal, transitive) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
24. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
25. (transitive) To getter.
26. (archaic) To beget (of a father).
27. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
28. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
29. (imperative, informal, intransitive) To go, to leave; to scram.
30. (euphemistic) To kill.
31. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
32. (transitive) To measure.
33. (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.

Noun

1. (dated) Offspring, especially illegitimate.
2. Lineage.
3. A difficult return or block of a shot.
4. (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.

Noun

Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).

Noun

A Jewish writ of divorce.

Concepts

obtenir

recevoir

devenir

avoir

prendre

atteindre

être

acquérir

arriver

rendre

remporter

gagner

parvenir

comprendre

aboutir

faire

attraper

🪤

saisir

piger

se procurer

procurer

acheter

🛍️

amener

apporter

capter

tourner

trouver

🔍

capturer

accueillir

subir

ébahir

commencer

aller

devoir

tirer

dégager

🆓

recueillir

percevoir

interpréter

monter

contracter

entrer

arrêter

endurer

accepter

🉑

enlever

tenir

concevoir

claquer

causer

Synonymes

obtain

receive

acquire

take

gain

catch

fetch

attain

have

reach

achieve

become

find

🔍

procure

grow

pick up

accept

🉑

earn

bring

make

secure

win

buy

🛍️

come

go

accomplish

arrive

contract

understand

collect

turn

purchase

🛍️

grab

succeed

comprehend

draw

arrive at

encounter

suffer

grasp

be

meet

seize

seek

🔍

start

experience

cause

score

profit

capture

Traductions

bekommen

ottenere

obter

obtener

behalen

prendere

ricevere

recibir

almak

adquirir

erlangen

gewinnen

werden

atingir

krijgen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɛt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: geten

Appartenant à ancien anglais: ġietan

Appartenant à anglais: yet

Appartenant à Old Saxon: getan

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: pigezzan

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną. Cognate with Old English ġietan (whence also English yet), Old Saxon getan (“to get, to gain sth.”), Old High German pigezzan (“to uphold”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to find, discover”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize”).

Phrases

Only get me back to my husband and kids .

Ramenez-moi seulement à mon mari et à mes enfants.

Get your guns out .

Sortez vos armes.

Got to get some practice .

Je dois faire de l'entraînement.

But I found it difficult to get to work because of the investigations .

Mais j'ai eu du mal à se rendre au travail à cause des enquêtes.

She went to the pharmacy to get her pills .

Elle est allée à la pharmacie pour obtenir ses pilules.

They shouted consolation and promises and went off back to the town again to get help .

Ils ont crié la consolation et les promesses et sont revenus en ville pour obtenir de l'aide.