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Quick definitions from WordNet (get)
▸ verb: receive as a retribution or punishment
▸ verb: purchase ("What did you get at the toy store?")
▸ verb: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract ("Get your results the next day")
▸ verb: acquire as a result of some effort or action ("You cannot get water out of a stone")
▸ verb: reach by calculation ("What do you get when you add up these numbers?")
▸ verb: communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone ("The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake")
▸ verb: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
▸ verb: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
▸ verb: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
▸ verb: overcome or destroy
▸ verb: evoke an emotional response ("Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time")
▸ verb: irritate ("Her childish behavior really get to me")
▸ verb: reach and board
▸ verb: suffer from the receipt of
▸ verb: perceive by hearing ("She didn't get his name when they met the first time")
▸ verb: achieve a point or goal
▸ verb: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
▸ verb: grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of ("Did you get it?")
▸ verb: make children
▸ verb: move into a desired direction of discourse
▸ verb: give certain properties to something ("Get someone mad")
▸ verb: go or come after and bring or take back ("Get me those books over there, please")
▸ verb: in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
▸ verb: apprehend and reproduce accurately
▸ verb: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress ("She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")
▸ verb: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action ("Get working as soon as the sun rises!")
▸ verb: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
▸ verb: take vengeance on or get even ("We'll get them!")
▸ verb: enter or assume a certain state or condition ("It must be getting more serious")
▸ verb: attract and fix
▸ verb: of mental or physical states or experiences ("Get an idea")
▸ verb: be a mystery or bewildering to
▸ verb: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
▸ verb: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
▸ verb: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
▸ verb: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
▸ Also see gotten
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to get
▸ Usage examples for get
▸ Idioms related to get (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near get
▸ Rhymes of get
▸ Invented words related to get
▸ verb: receive as a retribution or punishment
▸ verb: purchase ("What did you get at the toy store?")
▸ verb: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract ("Get your results the next day")
▸ verb: acquire as a result of some effort or action ("You cannot get water out of a stone")
▸ verb: reach by calculation ("What do you get when you add up these numbers?")
▸ verb: communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone ("The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake")
▸ verb: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
▸ verb: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
▸ verb: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
▸ verb: overcome or destroy
▸ verb: evoke an emotional response ("Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time")
▸ verb: irritate ("Her childish behavior really get to me")
▸ verb: reach and board
▸ verb: suffer from the receipt of
▸ verb: perceive by hearing ("She didn't get his name when they met the first time")
▸ verb: achieve a point or goal
▸ verb: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
▸ verb: grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of ("Did you get it?")
▸ verb: make children
▸ verb: move into a desired direction of discourse
▸ verb: give certain properties to something ("Get someone mad")
▸ verb: go or come after and bring or take back ("Get me those books over there, please")
▸ verb: in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
▸ verb: apprehend and reproduce accurately
▸ verb: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress ("She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")
▸ verb: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action ("Get working as soon as the sun rises!")
▸ verb: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
▸ verb: take vengeance on or get even ("We'll get them!")
▸ verb: enter or assume a certain state or condition ("It must be getting more serious")
▸ verb: attract and fix
▸ verb: of mental or physical states or experiences ("Get an idea")
▸ verb: be a mystery or bewildering to
▸ verb: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
▸ verb: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
▸ verb: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
▸ verb: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
▸ Also see gotten
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to get
▸ Usage examples for get
▸ Idioms related to get (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near get
▸ Rhymes of get
▸ Invented words related to get