GET
\ɡˈɛt], \ɡˈɛt], \ɡ_ˈɛ_t]\
Definitions of GET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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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"
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be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
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move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
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take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
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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"
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receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"
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grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding 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"
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reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
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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"
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succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
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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"
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overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
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in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls"
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apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
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evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
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irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
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reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
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suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
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purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
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achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
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acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
By Princeton University
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make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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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"
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be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
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move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
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take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
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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"
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receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Jet, the mineral.
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Fashion; manner; custom.
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Artifice; contrivance.
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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.
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Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
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To beget; to procreate; to generate.
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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.
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To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
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To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
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Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
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To learn.
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To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; - with a following participle.
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To betake; to remove; - in a reflexive use.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Jet, the mineral.
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Fashion; manner; custom.
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Artifice; contrivance.
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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.
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Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
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To beget; to procreate; to generate.
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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.
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To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
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To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
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Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
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To learn.
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To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; - with a following participle.
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To betake; to remove; - in a reflexive use.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To learn.
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To gain; procure; acquire; receive; obtain.
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To beget; bring about; cause to be.
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To prevail on; persuade.
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To acquire wealth.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To obtain; procure; win; gain; acquire; receive; deserve; realize; learn; prevail upon.
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To arrive at; become; find time, opportunity, etc.; depart quickly; procreate.
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Got, gotten.
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Getting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To obtain: to beget offspring: to learn: to persuade: (B.) to betake, to carry.
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To arrive or put one's self in any place, state, or condition: to become:-pr.p. getting; pa.t. got; pa.p. got, (obs.) gotten. GET AT, to reach: GET OFF, to escape: GET ON, to proceed, advance: GET OVER, to surmount: GET THROUGH, to finish: GET UP, to arise, to ascend.
By Daniel Lyons
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