What does getting mean?
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get·ting
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Princeton's WordNet
acquiring, getting(noun)
the act of acquiring something
"I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
Wiktionary
getting(Noun)
act of obtaining
Webster Dictionary
Getting
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Getting(noun)
the act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition
Getting(noun)
that which is got or obtained; gain; profit
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'getting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #609
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'getting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #213
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of getting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of getting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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State Department spokesman John Kirby:
They have a choice. Rather than continuing to fight their fellow Afghans and destabilizing their country, they should engage in a peace process and ultimately become a legitimate part of the political system of a sovereign united Afghanistan, there is and should be a sense of urgency around getting these talks up and running.
I understand that our tennis era is changing ... and our top three are getting older and we are the ones that are coming up, nadal, Djokovic and Federer have always been there and they will be there and what I have to do is go the extra mile and surpass them ... that's my biggest challenge for next year.
Likewise, Bernie Sanders said Bernie Sanders campaigned for President Obama in 2008 and 2012( though Sanders in 2011 casually discussed the possibility of President Obama getting a challenger, Bernie Sanders did not ultimately recruit one). We have got to do a lot better to protect the middle class, but it's important to remember how far we've come under President President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
I think that the huge media splash of the lawsuit is behind us and were obviously focused on the World Cup, but also its like this is our life, and there are a lot of things that we have to grapple and deal with: Family, friends, partners, media, pressures, games, World Cup, travel. So its just kind of just one more thing. This team always has a lot of media attention, and weve always had a lot of things on our plate so its not like its anything new, or all of a sudden were getting all the more attention. Its sort of the same for us.
It’s been a real launching pad for whites, you have'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.' James Corden has' Carpool Karaoke.' What’s next in lazy car-based, non-comedy ?
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