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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.2.2.4 Quotations 1.2.2.5 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Anagrams 2 Limburgish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronoun 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɛt/, /gɪt/, SAMPA: /gEt/, /gIt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɛt

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old Norse geta. Akin to Old English gietan (“‘to get’”), forġietan (“‘forget’”), beġietan (“‘beget’”), andgiet (“‘intellect, understanding’”), ongietan (“‘to perceive, grasp’”)

[edit] Noun

get (plural gets)

1. Offspring.
2. Lineage.
3. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.

[edit] Verb

to get (third-person singular simple present gets, present participle getting, simple past got, past participle (chiefly British) got, (North American or British archaic) gotten)

1. (transitive) To obtain, purchase or acquire.

   I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.

   You need to get permission to leave early.

2. (transitive) To receive.

   I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.

   He got a severe reprimand for that.

3. (transitive) To fetch.

   Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?

4. (copulative) To become.

   I'm getting hungry, how about you?

   Don't get drunk tonight.

5. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.

   That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.

   I'll get this finished by lunchtime.

6. (transitive) (used with preposition) To don or doff clothing, etc.

   I can't get these boots off (or on).

7. (transitive) To cause to do.

   Somehow she got him to agree to it.

   I can't get it to work.

8. (reflexive) To betake oneself.
   • Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Retro me, Sathana, line 1

     Get thee behind me.

9. (intransitive) To arrive (at) or progress (towards a place or outcome).

   When are we going to get to London?

   We're slowly getting there.

10. (intransitive) To go or come (to a specified place, or in a specified manner).

    Get over here!

    She got from one side of the bridge to the other in no time.

11. (intransitive) (with various prepositions, such as into, over or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt or assume (a certain position or state).

    The actors are getting into position.

    I'm getting into a muddle.

    We got behind the wall.

12. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).

    We ought to get moving or we'll be late.

    After lunch we got chatting.

13. (transitive) To catch (a means of public transport).

    I normally get the 7.45 train.

14. (transitive, idiomatic) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

    Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.

15. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

    I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!

16. (transitive, informal) To understand.

    Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.

    He's weird. I don't get him.

    Do you get math class today?

    I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!

17. (transitive) To be (used to form the passive of verbs).

    He got bitten by a dog.

18. (transitive, informal) To catch (a disease).

    I went on holiday and got malaria.

19. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.

    He keeps calling pretending to be my boss — it gets me every time.

20. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.

    That question's really got me.

21. (transitive) To find as an answer.

    What did you get for question four?

22. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal).

    The cops finally got me.

23. (transitive, informal) To physically assault.

    I'm gonna get him for that.

24. (transitive, informal) To hear or catch.

    Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?

25. (transitive) To getter.

    I put the getter into the container to get the gases.

[edit] Synonyms

• (obtain): acquire, come by, get hold of, have, obtain, take possession of
• (receive): receive, be given
• (fetch): bring, fetch
• (become): become
• (cause to become): cause to be, cause to become, make
• (cause to do): make
• (arrive): arrive at, reach
• (go, come): come, go, travel
• (adopt or assume (a position or state)): go, move
• (begin): begin, commence, start
• (catch (a means of public transport)): catch, take
• (respond to (telephone, doorbell)): answer
• (be able to; have the opportunity to do): be able to
• (informal: understand): dig, follow, make sense of, understand
• (informal: be (used to form the passive)): be
• (informal: catch (a disease)): catch, come down with
• (informal: trick): con, deceive, dupe, hoodwink, trick
• (informal: perplex): confuse, perplex, stump
• (find as an answer): obtain
• (bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal)): catch, nab, nobble
• (physically assault): assault, beat, beat up
• (informal: hear): catch, hear
• (getter): getter

[edit] Antonyms

• (obtain): lose

[edit] Translations

• Indonesian: ambil, bawa, terima

[edit] Quotations

• 1971, Carol King and Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, Tapestry, Ode Records

  We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!

• 2008 October 15, Roger Simon, “McCain fails, Obama is not rattled”, Politico, politico.com

  He never got off his game plan. He never got shook up.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Etymology 2

Variant of git

[edit] Noun

get (plural gets)

1. (British) A git.

[edit] Etymology 3

From Hebrew גט.

[edit] Noun

get (plural gittim)

1. A Jewish writ of divorce.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: egt
• teg

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[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Etymology

Often said to be related to English get; this is not true, however. It is a conjugated form of det (that) In Limburgish normally the begin letter of a definite article ("d") changes to "g" when preceded by a preposition (ich gaef de miens vs ich gaef aan ge miens) In the old days, this was the same for pronouns. Only one fossilised form survived, get, though its meaning has slightly shifted.

[edit] Pronoun

get

1. something

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for get	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	get	geten	getter	getterna
Possessive form	gets	getens	getters	getternas

get c.

1. goat