Definitions for getting
get·ting

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.6 / 5 votes

1. acquiring, gettingnoun

   the act of acquiring something

   "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. gettingnoun

   act of obtaining

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gettingnoun

   Etymology: from get.

   1. Act of getting; acquisition.

   Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding. Prov. iv. 7.

   2. Gain; profit.

   Who hath a state to repair may not despise small things; and it is less dishonourable to abridge a petty charge than to stoop to petty gettings. Francis Bacon, Essay 29.

   The meaner families, are obliged to return to the steward a small monthly share of their gettings, to be a portion for the child. Gulliver’s Travels.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. getting

   Getting refers to the act of obtaining, acquiring, or receiving something. It can involve various actions such as procuring an item, obtaining information, achieving a goal or desired outcome, or even understanding or comprehending something. The term "getting" can be used in a broad sense to encompass various contexts and situations where one gains possession, achieves progress, or attains something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 6 votes

1. Getting

   of Get

2. Gettingnoun

   the act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition

3. Gettingnoun

   that which is got or obtained; gain; profit

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GETTING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Getting is ranked #63873 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Getting surname appeared 312 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Getting.
   
   97.1% or 303 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Act

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'getting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #609

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'getting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #213

How to pronounce getting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say getting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of getting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of getting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of getting in a Sentence

1. Kristen Korte:

   He upholds the Constitution. Hes backing the police, and helping with all the violence and destruction and the killing from the riots and everything.I could go on and on, biden supports violence in their cities. He supports late-term abortion. I just dont see suburban moms getting behind that.

2. Brooke Anderson:

   When it comes to safety, we believe getting the data right is critically important and the foundation of future improvement, that's why we are working with experts to audit our safety incident data, so that it can be responsibly released, as we have committed publicly to doing this year.

3. Chris Bulger:

   It's still a good game, just in the last two rounds you're not getting venture capital-like returns for the risk you are taking.

4. Sarah Ash Combs:

   Short of getting a test, I would say it's really tricky to distinguish right now, we need to just treat cold-ish symptoms in pretty much the same bucket.

5. Lawrence Young:

   We are so close to getting on top of this virus with the success of the vaccination program –- why put the end of lockdown on July 19 at risk?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=getting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Getting
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=getting
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/getting
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html