get
/get/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To obtain, acquire, or receive something: The most common meaning, indicating the act of coming into possession of something.
- To become or enter a certain state: Used to indicate a change in condition or state.
- To cause something to happen or to cause someone/something to do something: To make something occur or to have something done.
- To understand or grasp something mentally: To comprehend an idea or a concept.
- To arrive at or reach a place: To move to or arrive at a destination.
- To be affected by something (like an illness): To contract or suffer from something.
Usage Examples
- To obtain/acquire/receive:
- I need to get a new passport.
- Did you get my email?
- To become/enter a state:
- It's getting dark outside.
- She got angry when she heard the news.
- To cause something:
- Can you get the printer to work?
- He got his hair cut yesterday.
- To understand:
- I don't get the joke.
- Do you get what I mean?
- To arrive:
- What time does the train get to London?
- To be affected:
- I think I'm getting a cold.
Advanced Usage
- "Get" as a delexical verb: Often used with nouns to form common phrases where the main meaning comes from the noun.
- to get permission / advice / help / a chance
- "Get" + past participle (to form the passive): Used to describe actions done to the subject, often in informal contexts.
- He got promoted last week.
- My phone got stolen.
- "Get" + adjective/adverb/preposition: To describe a change in state or position.
- Please get ready.
- We need to get ahead of schedule.
Variants and Related Words
- Got: Simple past and past participle form (especially in British English).
- Gotten: Past participle form (common in American English).
- Getting: Present participle/gerund form.
Synonyms
- Obtain: To acquire something, especially through effort.
- Receive: To be given or presented with something.
- Become: To begin to be.
- Understand: To grasp the meaning of something.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Get along (with): To have a harmonious relationship.
- She gets along well with her colleagues.
- Get over: To recover from something (an illness, shock, etc.).
- It took him months to get over the flu.
- Get by: To manage to live or survive, especially with limited resources.
- They have just enough money to get by.
- Get through (to): To succeed in making contact or having a message understood.
- I finally got through to the customer service department.
- Get up: To rise from bed or from a sitting position.
- I get up at 7 a.m. every day.
Related Idioms
- Get the hang of (something): To learn how to do something, especially a skill.
- After a few lessons, I started to get the hang of driving.
- Get cold feet: To suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do.
- He got cold feet and canceled the wedding.
- Get a grip (on yourself): To control your emotions.
- Stop panicking and get a grip!
- Get wind of (something): To hear a rumor or piece of information.
- The press got wind of the scandal.
- Get your act together: To organize yourself and your activities more effectively.
- You need to get your act together if you want to pass the exam.
Noun
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
Verb
- make children
- Abraham begot Isaac
- Men often father children but don't recognize them
- 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
- 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
- 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
- overcome or destroy
- The ice storm got my hibiscus
- the cat got the goldfish
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- He drew a base on balls
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
- She got the mood just right in her photographs
- evoke an emotional response
- Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time
- irritate
- Her childish behavior really get to me
- His lying really gets me
- reach and board
- She got the bus just as it was leaving
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- Scram!
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- He got 5 years in prison
- suffer from the receipt of
- She will catch hell for this behavior!
- perceive by hearing
- I didn't catch your name
- She didn't get his name when they met the first time
- purchase
- What did you get at the toy store?
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- You cannot get water out of a stone
- Where did she get these news?
- reach by calculation
- What do you get when you add up these numbers?
- 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
- attract and fix
- His look caught her
- She caught his eye
- Catch the attention of the waiter
- 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
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- What are you driving at?
- 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
- 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
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- He got AIDS
- She came down with pneumonia
- She took a chill
- 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
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- We finally got the suspect
- Did you catch the thief?
- 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
- achieve a point or goal
- Nicklaus had a 70
- The Brazilian team got 4 goals
- She made 29 points that day
- take vengeance on or get even
- We'll get them!
- That'll fix him good!
- This time I got him
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- get an idea
- experience vertigo
- get nauseous
- receive injuries
- have a feeling
- 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
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- She arrived home at 7 o'clock
- She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
- 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
- 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
- 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!
- 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