get
Meaning
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- To obtain; to acquire.
- To receive.
- To have. See usage notes.
- To fetch, bring, take.
- To become, or cause oneself to become.
- To cause to become; to bring about.
- To cause to do.
- To cause to come or go or move.
- To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (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.
- (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.
- To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (informal) To perplex, stump.
- To find as an answer.
- (informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- To hear completely; catch.
- To getter.
- To beget (of a father).
- To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- (informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (informal) To go, to leave; to scram.
- To kill.
- (obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- To measure.
- To cause someone to laugh.
Concepts
get
obtain
receive
acquire
take
gain
catch
fetch
attain
have
reach
become
achieve
find
procure
grow
pick up
earn
accept
bring
make
secure
win
buy
come
accomplish
go
arrive
contract
collect
understand
purchase
turn
grab
succeed
comprehend
arrive at
draw
encounter
be
meet
grasp
suffer
accrue
profit
hit
score
cause
seek
realize
start
capture
convey
experience
seize
touch
enlist
strike
drive
hold
provide
discover
figure out
perceive
see
come by
begin
set about
set out
start out
induce
fix
pay back
change
lay hold
possess
pick
carry
end up
happen
manage
lead
run across
run up against
deliver
pose
supply
come to be
scoop
stimulate
sustain
develop
produce
let
commence
get down
baffle
beat
bewilder
gravel
mystify
perplex
puzzle
vex
aim
pay off
arrest
get under one’s skin
figure
reap
remove
get into
assume
derive
read
go for
gather
climb
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come about
occur
take over
attract
canvass
enrol
rally
recruit
woo
arise
amount
leave
admit
inflict
provoke
be available
communicate
get to
profit from
continue
come to
penetrate
find oneself
lay hold of
beget
bring forth
engender
father
generate
mother
sire
incur
amaze
dumbfound
flummox
nonplus
stick
stupefy
bugger off
buzz off
fuck off
scram
wax
transport
hear
follow
sense
irritate
dispose
move
prompt
snatch
bag
inherit
run
apply
take away
take out
carry off
bear away
yield
act of obtaining
livelihood
go after
shickered
twig
invite
rile
gall
access
come down
put
catch up with
get hold of
appreciate
apprehend
make out
send
ship
interpret
given
able to
reach to
pass
constitute
form
complacent
recieve
convene
lower
take along
abut
adjoin
alight
be next to
channel
conduct
emerge
exit
go out
guide
quit
result
wage
accredit
act as agent
act as go-between
cause to take place
give rise to
organize
purvey
result in
stage
wreak
To twig
cotton on
crack
come upon
reveal
become aware of
summon
be obtained
stump
thwart
catch out
give the slip
sneak away
vanish
get back to
get down to
cook
go as far as
share
join
mix
know intuitively
strike home
be given
approach
enter
dip
ladle
arouse
gratify
hide
provide oneself
wind up
cross
pervade
ascend
go up
bring into one’s grasp
prepare
contact
learn
fathom
confound
confuse
upset
annoy
disconcert
persuade
influence
prevail
incline
coax
wheedle
sway
talk
suborn
predispose
collar
grip
ensnare
entrap
glean
net
send for
enjoy
not be without
not lack
not want for
bedaub
daub
paint
rub on
smear
be fat
bear child
choose
bear
decrease
exploit
extract
harvest
pull out
skin
substract
gel
outpoint
win out
clear away
take in
come over
repair
wend
fuel
tuck
come on
catch up
come through
come up to
get in
borrow
claim
be obtainable
eke out
clasp
take hold of
cop
of
rid
somebody
something
drink
bring up
feed
to
be after
design
intend
plan
propose
purpose
aggravate
chafe
exacerbate
exasperate
fret
goad
irk
jar
miff
nark
peeve
rag
spite
tease
Hakea
beat about
gather up
hunt
look for
petition
quest
retrieve
search
seek out
submit
seize on
fetch up
pin down
run into
assail
assault
bulldog
lay into
rip
set on
tear into
turn on
feel
go through
taste
undergo
avenge
retaliate
revenge
hearken
hark
harken
absquatulate
come away
depart
desert
get out
originate
part
roar off
set forth
set off
take leave
take off
top out
buy off
buy up
fall
escape
get off
hence
bottom
bring in
get laid
spring
take on
nab
nail
pinch
sicken
agnise
latch on
tumble
aspire
chase
pursue
shoot for
solicit
tap
reach out
come up
polish off
accommodate
despatch
discharge
drop
edit
execute
perform
redact
transact
bring about
bring back
bring on
import
inject
introduce
work
afflict
ail
beset
bother
discommode
eat on
hassle
infest
knead
molest
nag
niggle
smite
trouble
weigh
carry away
export
occupy
post
set down
steal
take up
alive
compass
get it
know
realise
translate
call
infected
hold tight
order
send away for
hull
reclaim
dress
put on
become ill
sick
agree sign
give
earn a living
enroll
accumulate
lay in
come into
come across
control
boarding
go off
head
on
do
etc.
play
could
inceptive
been
can
capable of
own
discharged
escape from
extricate
get away
get out of
released
allowed
board
appropriate
confiscate
acquit
assert
catch on
establish
prove
make name
place
set
shape up
turn out
groom
make ready
endeavour
try
go on
add
film
portray
regain
reprimand
resume
retake
revive
scold
shoot
take back
cap
coff
assent
treat
impel
prod
find one's way
conquer
stay
press for
strive
cracked
disappear
pick off
gather together
overcome
allotted
separated
alter
pivot
rotate
twirl
twist
veer
whirl
dree
William Blackstone
marry
come in for
compose
come into being
hap
pass off
set in
transpire
clothe
don
get dressed
wear
raise
elicit
available
chant
surfboard
lift
stoop
get up
concern
hinder
hindrance
injure
obstruct
offend
restraint
be scared of
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɛt/
Etymology
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”).
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