get
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (compare Old English ġietan, Old High German pi-gezzan 'to uphold', Gothic bi-gitan 'to find, discover'), from Proto-Indo-European *ghéd- 'to seize' (compare Middle Irish gataim 'I steal', Lithuanian godetis 'to be eager', Russian gadatī 'to guess, suppose', Albanian gjej 'to find', Ancient Greek ktaomai 'to acquire, procure', ktēma 'possession', Old Persian xšathra 'dominion')
Verb [edit]
get (third-person singular simple present gets, present participle getting, simple past got, past participle (chiefly British) got, (North American or British archaic) gotten)
- (transitive) To obtain; to acquire
- I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
- (transitive) To receive.
- I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
- You need to get permission to leave early.
- He got a severe reprimand for that.
- (copulative) To become
- I'm getting hungry, how about you?
- Don't get drunk tonight.
- (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.
- I can't get these boots off (or on).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
- I need to get this to the office
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- Somehow she got him to agree to it.
- I can't get it to work.
- (reflexive) To betake oneself.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Retro me, Sathana, line 1
- Get thee behind me.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Retro me, Sathana, line 1
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- The actors are getting into position.
- When are we going to get to London?
- I'm getting into a muddle.
- We got behind the wall.
- (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
- We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
- After lunch we got chatting.
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- I normally get the 7:45 train.
- I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
- (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!
- The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
- (transitive, informal) To understand (often used as get it).
- Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
- I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
- (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
- "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."
- (less common in the UK) To be Used to form the passive of verbs.
- He got bitten by a dog.
- 2003, Richard A. Posner, Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy, page 95:
- Of particular importance is the bureaucratic organization of European judiciaries. The judiciary is a career. You start at the bottom and get assigned and promoted at the pleasure of your superiors.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- I went on holiday and got malaria.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- That question's really got me.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- What did you get for question four?
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- The cops finally got me.
- I'm gonna get him for that.
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
- (transitive) To getter.
- I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
- (now rare) To beget (of a father).
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 310:
- Walter had said, dear God, Thomas, it was St fucking Felicity if I'm not mistaken, and her face was to the wall for sure the night I got you.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 310:
Synonyms [edit]
- (obtain): acquire, come by, get hold of, have, obtain, take possession of
- (receive): receive, be given
- (fetch): bring, fetch, retrieve
- (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
Antonyms [edit]
- (obtain): lose
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from get
Translations [edit]
obtain
receive
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fetch
become
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betake
arrive at
be able to, be permitted, have opportunity
colloquial: understand
colloquial: be
catch out
perplex
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physically assault
getter
beget
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Noun [edit]
get (plural gets)
- Offspring.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 755:
- ‘You were a high lord's get. Don't tell me Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell never killed a man.’
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 755:
- Lineage.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
Etymology 2 [edit]
Variant of git
Noun [edit]
get (plural gets)
Etymology 3 [edit]
From Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ).
Noun [edit]
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
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Anagrams [edit]
Ladino [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Hebrew גט.
Noun [edit]
get m (Latin spelling)
Limburgish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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.
Pronoun [edit]
get
Lojban [edit]
Rafsi [edit]
get
Mauritian Creole [edit]
Verb [edit]
get
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰayd- (“goat”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
get c
Declension [edit]
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