get(n = noun.act) - a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent;
is a kind of return
1. get(v = verb.possession) acquire - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
Derived form noun getting1
Sample sentences:
The children get the ball
2. get(v = verb.change) become, go - enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentences:
John will get angry
3. get(v = verb.change) have, let - cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
is one way to get, make
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
4. get(v = verb.change) find, incur, obtain, receive - 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"
is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
5. get(v = verb.motion) arrive, come - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
6. get(v = verb.contact) bring, convey, fetch - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
is one way to channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
7. get(v = verb.perception) experience, have, receive - go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
is one way to undergo
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
8. get(v = verb.competition) fix, pay back, pay off - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
is one way to get back, get even
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP
9. get(v = verb.possession) have, make - achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
is one way to hit, rack up, score, tally
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
10. get(v = verb.communication) cause, have, induce, make, stimulate - 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"
Sample sentences:
They get him to write the letter
11. get(v = verb.contact) capture, catch - succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
is one way to clutch, prehend, seize
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
12. get(v = verb.body) acquire, develop, grow, produce - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
is one way to change
Derived form noun getting1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
13. get(v = verb.body) contract, take - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
is one way to come down, sicken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
14. get(v = verb.communication) - 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"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
15. get(v = verb.change) make - 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"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
16. get(v = verb.communication) aim, drive - move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
is one way to intend, mean
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
17. get(v = verb.cognition) catch - grasp with the mind or develop an understanding 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"
is one way to understand
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
18. get(v = verb.contact) arrest, catch - attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
is one way to attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
19. get(v = verb.contact) catch - 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"
is one way to hit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
20. get(v = verb.cognition) - reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
21. get(v = verb.possession) - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
is one way to acquire, get
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
22. get(v = verb.possession) - purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
is one way to buy, purchase
Derived form noun getting1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
23. get(v = verb.perception) catch - perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
is one way to hear
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
24. get(v = verb.perception) catch - suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
is one way to ache, hurt, suffer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
25. get(v = verb.perception) receive - receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
26. get(v = verb.motion) bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, scram - leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"
is one way to go away, go forth, leave
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s
27. get(v = verb.motion) - reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
is one way to catch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
28. get(v = verb.emotion) get under one's skin - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
is one way to annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s to somebody
29. get(v = verb.emotion) - evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
is one way to stir, touch
Sample sentences:
The bad news will get him
30. get(v = verb.creation) catch - apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
is one way to reproduce
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
31. get(v = verb.creation) draw - earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls"
is one way to effect, effectuate, set up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
32. get(v = verb.contact) - overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
33. get(v = verb.cognition) amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
is one way to bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
34. get(v = verb.change) begin, commence, get down, set about, set out, start, start out - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
Sample sentences:
They get moving
35. get(v = verb.body) have, suffer, sustain - undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
is one way to experience, get, have, receive
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
36. get(v = verb.body) beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, mother, sire - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
is one way to create, make
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Jet, the mineral. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
1. Fashion; manner; custom. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
2. Artifice; contrivance. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
1. 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. [1913 Webster]
2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
"Thou hast got the face of man." [1913 Webster]
3. To beget; to procreate; to generate. [1913 Webster]
"I had rather to adopt a child than get it." [1913 Webster]
4. 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. [1913 Webster]
"It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty." [1913 Webster]
5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade. [1913 Webster]
"Get him to say his prayers." [1913 Webster]
6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle. [1913 Webster]
"Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched." [1913 Webster]
7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use. [1913 Webster]
" Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs implying motion, to express the causing to, or the effecting in, the object of the verb, of the kind of motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in, to cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as, to get in the hay; to get out, to make come forth, to extract; to get off, to take off, to remove; to get together, to cause to come together, to collect." [1913 Webster]
"Get thee out from this land." [1913 Webster]
"He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega." [1913 Webster]
1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [1913 Webster]
"We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get." [1913 Webster]
2. 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. [1913 Webster]
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" Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the part of the subject of the act, movement or action of the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way, to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave, to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down, to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress; hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape; to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape, to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to convene." [1913 Webster]
"To get rid of fools and scoundrels." [1913 Webster]
"His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast." [1913 Webster]
Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion. [1913 Webster]
A divorce granted by a Rabbi in accordance with Jewish law; also, the document attesting to the divorce. [PJC]
get, v. & n.
--v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten)
1 tr. come into the possession of; receive or earn (get a job; got {pound}200 a week; got first prize).
2 tr. fetch, obtain, procure, purchase (get my book for me; got a new car).
3 tr. go to reach or catch (a bus, train, etc.).
4 tr. prepare (a meal etc.).
5 intr. & tr. reach or cause to reach a certain state or condition; become or cause to become (get rich; get one's feet wet; get to be famous; got them ready; got him into trouble; cannot get the key into the lock).
6 tr. obtain as a result of calculation.
7 tr. contract (a disease etc.).
8 tr. establish or be in communication with via telephone or radio; receive (a radio signal).
9 tr. experience or suffer; have inflicted on one; receive as one's lot or penalty (got four years in prison).
10 a tr. succeed in bringing, placing, etc. (get it round the corner; get it on to the agenda; flattery will get you nowhere). b intr. & tr. succeed or cause to succeed in coming or going (will get you there somehow; got absolutely nowhere).
11 tr. (prec. by have) a possess (have not got a penny). b (foll. by to + infin.) be bound or obliged (have got to see you).
12 tr. (foll. by to + infin.) induce; prevail upon (got them to help me).
13 tr. colloq. understand (a person or an argument) (have you got that?; I get your point; do you get me?).
14 tr. colloq. inflict punishment or retribution on, esp. in retaliation (I'll get you for that).
15 tr. colloq. a annoy. b move; affect emotionally. c attract, obsess. d amuse.
16 tr. (foll. by to + infin.) develop an inclination as specified (am getting to like it).
17 intr. (foll. by verbal noun) begin (get going).
18 tr. (esp. in past or perfect) catch in an argument; corner, puzzle.
19 tr. establish (an idea etc.) in one's mind.
20 intr. sl. be off; go away.
21 tr. archaic beget.
22 tr. archaic learn; acquire (knowledge) by study.
--n.
1 a an act of begetting (of animals). b an offspring (of animals).
2 sl. a fool or idiot.
Idiom:
get about (or around)
1 travel extensively or fast; go from place to place.
2 manage to walk, move about, etc. (esp. after illness).
3 (of news) be circulated, esp. orally.
get across
1 manage to communicate (an idea etc.).
2 (of an idea etc.) be communicated successfully.
3 colloq. annoy, irritate.
get along (or on)
1 (foll. by together, with) live harmoniously, accord.
2 be off! nonsense! get at
1 reach; get hold of.
2 colloq. imply (what are you getting at?).
get away
1 escape.
2 (as imper.) colloq. expressing disbelief or scepticism.
3 (foll. by with) escape blame or punishment for. get back at colloq. retaliate against.
get by colloq.
1 just manage, even with difficulty.
2 be acceptable.
get down
1 alight, descend (from a vehicle, ladder, etc.).
2 record in writing. get a person down depress or deject him or her. get down to begin working on or discussing. get even (often foll.
by with)
1 achieve revenge; act in retaliation.
2 equalize the score. get his (or hers etc.) sl. be killed.
get hold of
1 grasp (physically).
2 grasp (intellectually); understand.
3 make contact with (a person).
4 acquire.
get in
1 enter.
2 be elected. get into become interested or involved in. get it sl. be punished or in trouble. get it into one's head (foll. by that + clause) firmly believe or maintain; realize.
get off
1 colloq. be acquitted; escape with little or no punishment.
2 start.
3 alight; alight from (a bus etc.).
4 go, or cause to go, to sleep.
5 (foll. by with, together) Brit. colloq. form an amorous or sexual relationship, esp. abruptly or quickly. get a person off colloq. cause a person to be acquitted.
get on
1 make progress; manage.
2 enter (a bus etc.).
3 = get along 1.
get on to colloq.
1 make contact with.
2 understand; become aware of.
get out
1 leave or escape.
2 manage to go outdoors.
3 alight from a vehicle.
4 transpire; become known.
5 succeed in uttering, publishing, etc.
6 solve or finish (a puzzle etc.).
7 Cricket be dismissed. get-out n. a means of avoiding something.
get a person out
1 help a person to leave or escape.
2 Cricket dismiss (a batsman).
get out of
1 avoid or escape (a duty etc.).
2 abandon (a habit) gradually. get a thing out of manage to obtain it from (a person) esp. with difficulty. get outside (or outside of) sl. eat or drink.
get over
1 recover from (an illness, upset, etc.).
2 overcome (a difficulty).
3 manage to communicate (an idea etc.). get a thing over (or over with) complete (a tedious task) promptly. get one's own back colloq. have one's revenge. get-rich-quick adj. designed to make a lot of money fast. get rid of see RID.
get round (US around)
1 successfully coax or cajole (a person) esp. to secure a favour.
2 evade (a law etc.). get round to deal with (a task etc.) in due course. get somewhere make progress; be initially successful.
get there colloq.
1 succeed.
2 understand what is meant.
get through
1 pass or assist in passing (an examination, an ordeal, etc.).
2 finish or use up (esp. resources).
3 make contact by telephone.
4 (foll. by to) succeed in making (a person) listen or understand. get a thing through cause it to overcome obstacles, difficulties, etc.
get to
1 reach.
2 = get down to. get together gather, assemble. get-together n. colloq. a social gathering.
get up
1 rise or cause to rise from sitting etc., or from bed after sleeping or an illness.
2 ascend or mount, e.g. on horseback.
3 (of fire, wind, or the sea) begin to be strong or agitated.
4 prepare or organize.
5 enhance or refine one's knowledge of (a subject).
6 work up (a feeling, e.g. anger).
7 produce or stimulate (get up steam; get up speed).
8 (often refl.) dress or arrange elaborately; make presentable; arrange the appearance of.
9 (foll. by to) colloq. indulge or be involved in (always getting up to mischief). get-up n. colloq. a style or arrangement of dress etc., esp. an elaborate one. get-up-and-go colloq. energy, vim, enthusiasm. get the wind up see WIND(1). get with child archaic make pregnant. have got it bad (or badly) sl. be obsessed or affected emotionally.
Derivative:
gettable adj.
Etymology:
ME f. ON geta obtain, beget, guess, corresp. to OE gietan (recorded only in compounds), f. Gmc
VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.
VB acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather, collect, pick, pickup, glean, find, come upon, pitch upon, light upon, scrape up, scrape together, get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure, derive, draw, get in the harvest, profit, make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit, turn to profit, turn to account, make capital out of, make money by, obtain a return, reap the fruits of, reap an advantage, gain an advantage, turn a penny, turn an honest penny, make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill, make money, coin money, raise money, raise funds, raise the wind, fill one's pocket, treasure up, realize, clear, produce, take, get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own, come by, come in for, receive, inherit, step into a fortune, step into the shoes of, succeed to, get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at, take possession, come into possession, enter into possession, be profitable, pay, answer, accrue.
VB be converted into, become, get, wax, come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into, turn out, lapse, shift, run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as, melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow, assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of, illapse, begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change, convert into, resolve into, make, render, mold, form, remodel, new model, refound, reform, reorganize, assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.
VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.
all get out, get a line, get a load, get a look, get a noseful, get a whiff, get about, get across, get ahead, get along, get along with, get around, get around to, get at, get away, get away with, get back, get back at, get behind, get by, get cracking, get down, get dressed, get even, get even with, get going, get hitched with, get hold, get hold of, get in, get in touch, get in touch with, get into, get it, get it on, get it over, get laid, get married, get moving, get off, get off the ground, get on, get on with, get one's lumps, get onto, get out, get out of, get over, get rid of, get rolling, get started, get stuck, get the best, get the better of, get the goods, get the hang, get the hang of, get the jump, get the picture, get through, get to, get to be, get to grips, get together, get under one's skin, get up, get weaving, get well, get wind, get wise, get with it, get word, get worse