get

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

obtenir

recevoir

bekommen

devenir

ottenere

obter

obtener

avoir

behalen

atteindre

prendre

ricevere

prendere

être

recibir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: geten

Cognate with Old English: ġietan

Cognate with English: yet

Cognate with Old Saxon: getan

Cognate with Old High German: pigezzan

Cognate with Gothic: 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”).

Sentences

Only get me back to my husband and kids .

Get your guns out .

Got to get some practice .

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

She went to the pharmacy to get her pills .

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