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Definition get
Etymology 1
From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getan? (compare Old English ?ietan, Old High German pi-gezzan (“to uphold”), Gothic ??????? (bigitan, “to find, discover”)), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“to seize”). Cognate with Latin prehendo.
Verb
get (third-person singular simple present gets, present participle getting, simple past got or (archaic) gat, past participle got or (American, Canadian, Irish, Northern English, Scottish, archaic) gotten)
- (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (copulative) To become.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (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).
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
- (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To getter.
- (now rare) To beget (of a father).
- (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (informal, chiefly imperative) Go away; get lost.
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
Noun
get (plural gets)
- (dated) Offspring.
- Lineage.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- Something gained.
Etymology 2
Variant of git.
Noun
get (plural gets)
- (Britain, regional) A git.
Etymology 3
From Hebrew ???? (g??).
Noun
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