gets

Meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of get

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɛts/

New

get

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