Get (Verb)
Meaning 1
Go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 2
Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- They didn't get to the concert venue until the band was already playing their third song.
- By the time he got to the store, it was already closing.
- We won't get to our hotel until late tonight due to the traffic.
- It took her over an hour to get to the other side of the city because of the roadworks.
- The team got to the championship finals after several grueling matches.
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Meaning 5
Suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 6
Evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 7
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 8
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 9
Acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- She managed to get tickets to the sold-out concert through her connections.
- You won't get any discount if you don't use the coupon.
- They got a good review on their restaurant from the local newspaper.
- He finally got the promotion he had been working towards for years.
- The company will get the contract if they submit a lower bid.
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Meaning 10
Move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 11
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 12
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".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Could you get the empty bottles from the garden for recycling.
- Get my laptop from the car, I left it there this morning.
- Would you mind getting the luggage from upstairs, please.
- Can you get the mail while you're walking back from the park.
- Get the shopping bags that I left in the hallway.
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Meaning 13
Achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 14
Irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- His condescending tone really gets to me in meetings every day.
- The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard gets me every time.
- Her constant gossiping really gets to me at work.
- The way he always leaves his dirty dishes gets on my nerves.
- His know-it-all attitude gets me whenever we discuss politics.
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Meaning 15
Apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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- The artist's paintings failed to get the atmosphere of the abandoned house.
- She really got the essence of the song in her cover performance.
- The film didn't quite get the feel of the original novel.
- The comedian managed to get the tone of the character perfectly.
- The writer somehow got the voice of the protagonist spot on in her novel.
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Meaning 16
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".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 17
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".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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- Engage
- Come Up
- Extract
- Catch
- Pull In
- Have
- Gain
- Earn
- Share
- Pick Up
- Come Into
- Realize
- Get Back
- Make
- Partake In
- Retrieve
- Garner
- Win
- Come Upon
- Take In
- Purchase
- Clear
- Gather Up
- Charter
- Hire
- Realise
- Regain
- Bring In
- Call For
- Find
- Rent
- Get Hold
- Luck Into
- Benefit
- Express
- Take
- Repossess
- Recoup
- Recuperate
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Meaning 18
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".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 19
Purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 20
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".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 21
Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 22
Receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 23
Take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 24
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".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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- Perplex
- Bewilder
- Puzzle
- Pose
- Amaze
- Beat
- Flummox
- Stupefy
- Gravel
- Vex
- Mystify
- Baffle
- Stick
- Nonplus
- Dumbfound
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Meaning 25
Perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 26
Attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 27
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".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 28
Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 29
Reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Meaning 30
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 31
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!".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 32
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".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 33
Make (offspring) by reproduction; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "John fathered four daughters".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 34
Reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Meaning 35
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".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 36
Overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.