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;
1. get(v = verb.possession) acquire - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"; "Get your results the next day"; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"
Derived form noun getting1
Sample sentences:
The children %s the ball
2. get(v = verb.change) become, go - enter or assume a certain state or condition; "Get going!"; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "her face went red with anger"; "It must be getting more serious"; "She went into ecstasy"
Sample sentences:
John will %s angry
3. get(v = verb.change) have, let - cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got a girl into trouble"; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s something PP
4. get(v = verb.change) find, incur, obtain, receive - receive a specified treatment (abstract); "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"; "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
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:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
6. get(v = verb.contact) bring, convey, fetch - go or come after and bring or take back; "Could you bring the wine?"; "Get me those books over there, please"; "The dog fetched the hat"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
7. get(v = verb.perception) experience, have, receive - go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "experience vertigo"; "get an idea"; "get nauseous"; "have a feeling"; "receive injuries"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
8. get(v = verb.competition) fix, pay back, pay off - take vengeance on or get even; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"; "We'll get them!"
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"; "She made 29 points that day"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"
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; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"
Sample sentences:
They %s him to write the letter
11. get(v = verb.contact) capture, catch - succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "Did you catch the thief?"; "We finally got the suspect"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something
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"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "Well-developed breasts"
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"
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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something
15. get(v = verb.change) make - give certain properties to something; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "get someone mad"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Make yourself clear"; "She made us look silly"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE; Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
16. get(v = verb.communication) aim, drive - move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
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?"; "did you get it?"; "don't catch your meaning"; "I just don't get him"; "She didn't get the joke"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
18. get(v = verb.contact) arrest, catch - attract and fix; "Catch the attention of the waiter"; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
19. get(v = verb.contact) catch - reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something; 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; "Where did she get these news?"; "You cannot get water out of a stone"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
22. get(v = verb.possession) - purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
24. get(v = verb.perception) catch - suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
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!"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Something ----s
27. get(v = verb.motion) - reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
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"
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"
Sample sentences:
The bad news will %s him
30. get(v = verb.creation) catch - apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"
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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
32. get(v = verb.contact) - overcome or destroy; "the cat got the goldfish"; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"
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; "a vexing problem"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "This beats me!"; "This question really stuck me"
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; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"
Sample sentences:
They %s moving
35. get(v = verb.body) have, suffer, sustain - undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "She suffered a fracture in the accident"
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"
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;
2. Hence, with
3. To beget; to procreate; to generate. [1913 Webster]
4. To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize;
5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade. [1913 Webster]
6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle. [1913 Webster]
7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use. [1913 Webster]
1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [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;
Offspring; progeny;
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.