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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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"
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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
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To gain possession of; to have; to beget, as offspring; to learn; to prevail on; to procure to be; to betake; to go. To get off, to put off; to pull off, as a coat; to remove, as a stranded vessel; to dispose of. To get on, to put on; to draw or pull on. To get in, to collect and bring under cover. To get out, to draw forth; to draw out; to disengage. To get the day, to gain the victory. To get together, to collect or amass. To get over, to surmount; to recover from. To get above, to surmount. To get up, to bring forward.
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To arrive at any place or state; to become. To get away or away from, to quit; to disengage one's self from. To get among, to arrive in the midst of. To get before, to arrive in front. To get behind, to fall in the rear. To get back, to return. To get clear, to disengage one's self; to he released. To get down, to descend. To get home, to arrive at one's dwelling. To get in or into, to pass in. To get loose or free, to disengage one's self. To get off, to escape; to alight. To get out, to escape. To get along, to proceed; to advance. To get rid of, to disengage one's self from; to remove. To get together, to assemble. To get up, to rise from a bed or seat; to ascend. To get through, to pass through and reach a point beyond anything; to finish. To get quit of, to get rid of; to disengage one's self from. To get forward, to proceed; to advance; to advance in wealth. To get near, to approach within a small distance. To get ahead, to advance; to prosper. To get on, to proceed; to prosper. To get a mile, or other distance, to pass over it in travelling. To get at, to reach. To get asleep, to fall asleep. To get drunk, to become intoxicated. To get between, to arrive between. To get to, to reach.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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