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 Definitions of obtain  [əbˈteɪn]  

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Definition of 'obtain' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) obtain
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through effort or request.

2.  obtain
Obs. to attain or reach.

3. (v.i.) obtain
to be prevalent, customary, or in vogue:
the morals that obtained in Rome.

4.  obtain
Archaic. to succeed.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; < MF obtenir&indirdesc; L obtinēre to take hold of =ob-ob-+-tinēre, comb. form of tenere to hold)

Definition of 'obtain' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) obtain
come into possession of
"How did you obtain the visa?"

2. (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"

3. (verb) prevail, hold, obtain
be valid, applicable, or true
"This theory still holds"


Definition of 'obtain' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) obtain
to get sth, usually through effort
You must pass the test in order to obtain a license.; She obtained legal advice from a friend studying law.


Definition of 'obtain' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) obtain
to hold; to keep; to possess

2. (verb) obtain
to get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way

3. (verb) obtain
to become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer

4. (verb) obtain
to prevail; to succeed


Translation of 'obtain' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to get; to become the possessor of
He obtained a large sum of money by buying and selling houses.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verkry, bekom Arabic flag Arabic: يَنال، يَحْصَل عَلى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: получавам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: obter Czech flag Czech: obdržet German flag German: erlangen
Danish flag Danish: opnå Greek flag Greek: αποκτώ, εξασφαλίζω Spanish flag Spanish: obtener, conseguir
Estonian flag Estonian: saama Farsi flag Farsi: بدست آوردن Finnish flag Finnish: saada
French flag French: obtenir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהָשִׂיג Hindi flag Hindi: प्राप्त करना, अस्तित्व मे
Croatian flag Croatian: dobiti, osvojiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: (meg)kap Indonesian flag Indonesian: mendapatkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afla Italian flag Italian: ottenere Japanese flag Japanese: 得る
Korean flag Korean: 획득하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gauti,įsigyti Latvian flag Latvian: iegūt, dabūt
Malay flag Malay: memperolehi Dutch flag Dutch: verkrijgen Norwegian flag Norwegian: få, skaffe seg, oppnå
Polish flag Polish: uzyskać Persian flag Persian: بدست آوردن Pashto flag Pashto: لاس ته راوړل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: obter Romanian flag Romanian: a obţine Russian flag Russian: получать
Slovak flag Slovak: získať Slovenian flag Slovenian: pridobiti (si) Serbian flag Serbian: dobiti
Swedish flag Swedish: [lyckas] få, skaffa sig Thai flag Thai: ได้รับ Turkish flag Turkish: elde etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 獲得 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: одержувати; діставати Urdu flag Urdu: حاصل کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đạt được Chinese flag Chinese: 获得

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