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Definition of 'get'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) get
to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of:
to get a gift; to get a pension.

2.  get
to cause to be in one's possession or be available for one's use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire:
to get a good price for a house; to get information.

3.  get
to earn:
to get the minimum wage.

4.  get
to go after, take hold of, and bring (something) for oneself or another; fetch:
She got the trunk from the attic.

5.  get
to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified:
to get one's hair cut; to get a fire to burn.

6.  get
to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach:
to get someone by telephone.

7.  get
to hear or hear clearly:
I didn't get your last name.

8.  get
to acquire a mental grasp of; learn:
to get a lesson.

9.  get
to capture; seize:
Get him before he escapes!

10.  get
to receive as a punishment or sentence:
to get a spanking; to get a year in jail.

11.  get
to prevail on; influence or persuade:
We'll get him to go with us.

12.  get
to prepare; make ready:
to get dinner.

13.  get
(esp. of animals) to beget.

14.  get
to affect emotionally:
Her tears got me.

15.  get
to hit, strike, or wound:
The bullet got him in the leg.

16.  get
to kill.

17.  get
to take vengeance on:
I'll get you yet!

18.  get
to catch or be afflicted with:
to get malaria while in the tropics; to get butterflies before a performance.

19.  get
to receive (one's deserts, esp. punishment) (fol. by his, hers, theirs, or yours):
You'll get yours!

20.  get
to puzzle; irritate; annoy:
Their silly remarks get me.

21.  get
to understand; comprehend:
to get a joke.

22. (v.i.) get
to come to a specified place; arrive; reach:
to get home late.

23.  get
to succeed, become enabled, or be permitted:
You get to meet a lot of interesting people.

24.  get
to become or to cause oneself to become as specified; reach a certain condition:
to get ready; to get sick.

25.  get
(used as an auxiliary verb fol. by a past participle to form the passive):
to get married; to get hit by a car.

26.  get
to succeed in coming, going, arriving at, visiting, etc. (usu. fol. by away, in, into, out, etc.):
I don't get into town very often.

27.  get
to bear, endure, or survive (usu. fol. by through or over):
Will he get through another bad winter?

28.  get
to earn money; gain.

29.  get
to leave immediately:
He told us to get.

30.  get
to start or enter upon the action of (fol. by a present participle expressing action):
to get moving.

31.  get
get about,

32.  get
to move around physically from one place to another.

33.  get
to become known, as a rumor.

34.  get
to engage in social activities.

35.  get
get across,

36.  get
to succeed in communicating or explaining:
to get a message across.

37.  get
to be or become clearly understood:
The message finally got across.

38.  get
get ahead, to be successful, as in business or society.

39.  get
get along,

40.  get
to go away; leave.

41.  get
to get on.

42.  get
get around,

43.  get
to circumvent; outwit.

44.  get
to ingratiate oneself with (someone) by flattery or cajolery.

45.  get
to travel from place to place; circulate:
I don't get around much anymore.

46.  get
to get about.

47.  get
get at,

48.  get
to reach; touch.

49.  get
to suggest, hint at, or imply; intimate:
What are you getting at?

50.  get
to discover; determine:
to get at the root of a problem.

51.  get
get away,

52.  get
to escape; flee.

53.  get
to start out; leave.

54.  get
get away with, to do or steal without consequent punishment.

55.  get
get back,

56.  get
to come back; return.

57.  get
to recover; regain.

58.  get
to be revenged.

59.  get
get by,

60.  get
to get beyond; pass.

61.  get
to escape the notice of.

62.  get
to survive or manage minimally.

63.  get
to expend little effort; be merely adequate.

64.  get
get down,

65.  get
to bring or come down; descend.

66.  get
to concentrate; attend.

67.  get
to depress; discourage; fatigue.

68.  get
to swallow.

69.  get
to relax and enjoy oneself completely.

70.  get
get in,

71.  get
to enter.

72.  get
to arrive at a destination.

73.  get
to enter into close association (usu. fol. by with):
getting in with the wrong crowd.

74.  get
to be or cause to be elected to office or accepted into a group.

75.  get
get off,

76.  get
to dismount from or get out of.

77.  get
to begin a journey.

78.  get
to escape punishment.

79.  get
to help (someone) to escape punishment, esp. by providing legal assistance.

80.  get
to tell or write:
to get off a joke.

81.  get
to have the effrontery:
Where does he get off telling me what to do?

82.  get
to finish, as one's workday:
We get off at five o'clock.

83.  get
Slang. to have orgasm or an intense experience likened to it.

84.  get
Slang. to become enthusiastic about or excited by.

85.  get
get on,

86.  get
to make progress; proceed; advance.

87.  get
to have sufficient means to manage, survive, or fare.

88.  get
to be on good terms; agree:
She doesn't get on with her roommate.

89.  get
to advance in age:
He is getting on in years.

90.  get
get out,

91.  get
to leave (often fol. by of).

92.  get
to become publicly known.

93.  get
to withdraw or retire (often fol. by of).

94.  get
to produce or complete.

95.  get
get over,

96.  get
to recover from:
to get over an illness.

97.  get
to get across.

98.  get
get through,

99.  get
to finish.

100.  get
to reach someone, as by telephone.

101.  get
to make oneself clearly understood.

102.  get
get to,

103.  get
to get in touch or into communication with; contact.

104.  get
to make an impression on; affect.

105.  get
to begin.

106.  get
to accumulate; gather.

107.  get
to congregate; meet.

108.  get
to come to an accord; agree.

109.  get
get up,

110.  get
to sit up or stand; arise.

111.  get
to rise from bed.

112.  get
to ascend or mount.

113.  get
to prepare; arrange; organize:
to get up an exhibit.

114.  get
to draw upon; marshal; rouse:
to get up one's courage.

115.  get
(used as a command to a horse to start moving or go faster.)

116.  get
to dress up, as in a costume or by adding embellishments.

117. (n.) get
an offspring or the total of offspring, esp. of a male animal:
the get of a stallion.

118.  get
a return of a ball, as in tennis, that would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.

119.  get
to be punished or reprimanded.

120.  get
to understand or grasp something.

Definition of 'get'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) get
a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

2. (verb) get, acquire
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
"She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

3. (verb) become, go, get
enter or assume a certain state or condition
"He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

4. (verb) get, let, have
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
"He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"

5. (verb) receive, get, find, obtain, incur
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

6. (verb) arrive, get, come
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
"She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

7. (verb) bring, get, convey, fetch
go or come after and bring or take back
"Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"

8. (verb) experience, receive, have, get
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
"get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

9. (verb) pay back, pay off, get, fix
take vengeance on or get even
"We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

10. (verb) have, get, make
achieve a point or goal
"Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"

11. (verb) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
"The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

12. (verb) get, catch, capture
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
"We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"

13. (verb) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
"He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

14. (verb) contract, take, get
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
"He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"

15. (verb) get
communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
"Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"

16. (verb) make, get
give certain properties to something
"get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"

17. (verb) drive, get, aim
move into a desired direction of discourse
"What are you driving at?"

18. (verb) catch, get
grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
"did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"

19. (verb) catch, arrest, get
attract and fix
"His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"

20. (verb) get, catch
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
"the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"

21. (verb) get
reach by calculation
"What do you get when you add up these numbers?"

22. (verb) get
acquire as a result of some effort or action
"You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"

23. (verb) get
purchase
"What did you get at the toy store?"

24. (verb) catch, get
perceive by hearing
"I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"

25. (verb) catch, get
suffer from the receipt of
"She will catch hell for this behavior!"

26. (verb) get, receive
receive as a retribution or punishment
"He got 5 years in prison"

27. (verb) scram, buzz off, fuck off, get, bugger off
leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
"Scram!"

28. (verb) get
reach and board
"She got the bus just as it was leaving"

29. (verb) get, get under one's skin
irritate
"Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"

30. (verb) get
evoke an emotional response
"Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"

31. (verb) catch, get
apprehend and reproduce accurately
"She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"

32. (verb) draw, get
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
"He drew a base on balls"

33. (verb) get
overcome or destroy
"The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"

34. (verb) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

35. (verb) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

36. (verb) suffer, sustain, have, get
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
"She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

37. (verb) beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
make children
"Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

Definition of 'get'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) get
to obtain, buy, or receive
I got a few things at the grocery store.; I got three letters in the mail.; She got a good job.; The region gets little rain.

2.  get
to become
I got scared during the night.; He's getting fat.; The job will get easier after a few months.; It had gotten dark.

3.  get
to cause to be in a particular state or condition
I'll get the drinks ready.; I'm never going to get this paper done!

4.  get
to bring sb or sth from somewhere
Would you get me the scissors, please?; Dad's gone to get them at the airport.

5.  get
to have or start to have an illness
He's got cancer.

6.  get
to move somewhere
to get past/through/around/inside/under sth; Could you help me get the groceries into the house?

7.  get
to arrive somewhere
We got to the border at sunset.; What time did you get home?

8.  get
to do sth or have it done for you
I need to get some exercise.; He's getting his hair cut.

9.  get
to persuade sb to do sth
She got him to lend her the money.

10.  get
to make progress
I started reading it, but I didn't get very far.; It's hard, but you're getting there.

11.  get
get nowhere/somewhere
to make no/some progress
The peace talks were getting nowhere.

12.  get
to understand sth
to get a joke; I explained it twice, but they still didn't get it.

Definition of 'get'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) get
jet, the mineral

2. (noun) get
fashion; manner; custom

3. (noun) get
artifice; contrivance

4. (noun) get
offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion

5. (verb) get
to procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc

6. (verb) get
hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have

7. (verb) get
to beget; to procreate; to generate

8. (verb) get
to obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson

9. (verb) get
to prevail on; to induce; to persuade

10. (verb) get
to procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle

11. (verb) get
to betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use

12. (verb) get
to make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased

13. (verb) get
to arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected

Translation of 'get'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to receive or obtain I got a letter this morning.
Afrikaans: het gekry	Arabic: يَحْصَلُ	Bulgarian: придобивам
Brazilian: receber	Czech: dostat	German: erhalten
Danish: få	Greek: παίρνω	Spanish: recibir
Estonian: saama	Farsi: گرفتن	Finnish: saada, vastaanottaa
French: recevoir	Hebrew: לקבל	Hindi: प्राप्त करना, मिलना
Croatian: primiti, dobiti	Hungarian: kap	Indonesian: mendapat
Icelandic: fá	Italian: ricevere	Japanese: 受け取る
Korean: 얻다, 받다	Lithuanian: gauti	Latvian: saņemt; dabūt
Malay: dapat	Dutch: krijgen	Norwegian: få
Polish: dostać	Persian: گرفتن	Pashto: خيستل، تر لاسه كول، ګڼل
Portuguese: receber	Romanian: a primi	Russian: получать
Slovak: dostať	Slovenian: dobiti	Serbian: dobiti
Swedish: få	Thai: ได้รับ	Turkish: almak
Taiwanese: 得到	Ukrainian: одержувати	Urdu: پانا یا حاصل کرنا
Vietnamese: nhận được	Chinese: 得到
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