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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)

  1. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
  2. (transitive) To receive.
  3. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
  4. (copulative) To become.
  5. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
  6. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
  7. (transitive) To cause to do.
  8. (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).
  9. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
  10. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
  11. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
  12. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
  13. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
  14. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
  15. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).
  16. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
  17. (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
  18. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
  19. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
  20. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
  21. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
  22. (transitive) To find as an answer.
  23. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  24. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
  25. (transitive) To getter.
  26. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
  27. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  28. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
  29. (informal, chiefly imperative) Go away; get lost.
  30. (euphemistic) To kill.
  31. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
Noun

get (plural gets)

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

Etymology 2

Variant of git.

Noun

get (plural gets)

  1. (Britain, regional) A git.

Etymology 3

From Hebrew ????‎ (g??).

Noun

get (plural gittim or gitten)

  1. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

Results 250 Words with the letters GET

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6 letter words with the letters GET 
BAGUET 12
BEGETS 11
BEGIRT 11
BUDGET 13
COGENT 12
CYGNET 14
DEGUST 10
EIGHTH 12
EIGHTS 10
EIGHTY 12
ENGLUT 11
FETING 12
FIDGET 12
FORGET 11
GADGET 11
GAIETY 10
GALLET 10
GAMEST 11
GAMETE 11
GANNET 10
GARGET 10
GASKET 12
GATHER 10
GAYEST 10
GAYETY 12
GELANT 10
GEMOTE 11
GEMOTS 11
GENTIL 10
GENTLE 10
GENTLY 12
GENTRY 11
GESTIC 11
GETUPS 12
GHETTO 10
GIBBET 14
GIBLET 12
GIFTED 12
GIGLET 11
GIMLET 12
GLEETY 11
GLUTEI 10
GLUTEN 11
GOBBET 14
GOBLET 12
GOGLET 11
GORGET 10
GRIVET 12
GUGLET 12
GULLET 11
GUNITE 10
GURNET 10
GUSTED 10
GUTTED 10
GUTTLE 10
GYRATE 10
HEIGHT 12
HOGGET 12
HOGTIE 10
HUGEST 11
JETLAG 18
JUGATE 18
LENGTH 12
MAGNET 12
METAGE 11
METING 12
MIDGET 12
NIDGET 10
NUGGET 12
NUTMEG 13
OUTBEG 12
PARGET 11
PIGLET 12
POTAGE 11
STAGEY 10
STOGEY 10
TAGGED 11
TAGGER 10
TANGED 10
TANGLE 10
TEGMEN 12
TERGUM 12
TEWING 12
THEGNS 11
TINGED 10
TINGLE 10
TOGGED 11
TOGGLE 11
TONGED 10
TONGUE 10
TOWAGE 11
TRUDGE 10
TUGGED 12
TUGGER 11
TWINGE 12
URGENT 10
VEGETE 12
WEIGHT 13
WIDGET 12
WIGLET 12
ZYGOTE 19
5 letter words with the letters GET 
4 letter words with the letters GET 
GATE 6
GELT 7
GENT 7
GEST 6
GETA 6
GETS 6
GITE 6
TEGG 8
TEGS 6
3 letter words with the letters GET 
GET 5
TEG 5
2 letter words with the letters GET 
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