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Meaning of 'get' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Get [ n.]
- Jet, the mineral.
- Fashion; manner; custom.
- Artifice; contrivance.
- Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
2 . Get [ v. i.]
- To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
- To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.
3 . Get [ v. t.]
- To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.
- Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
- To beget; to procreate; to generate.
- To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson.
- To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
- To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.
- To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.

Meaning of 'get' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . get [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be a mystery or bewildering to
Example in sentence:
  • a vexing problem;
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!;
  • This beats me!;
  • This question really stuck me
Meaning (2):
- make (offspring) by reproduction
Example in sentence:
  • Abraham begot Isaac;
  • John fathered four daughters
Meaning (3):
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
Example in sentence:
  • Bill called this number and he got Mary;
  • The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake
Meaning (4):
- evoke an emotional response
Example in sentence:
  • Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time
Meaning (5):
- attract and fix
Example in sentence:
  • Catch the attention of the waiter;
  • His look caught her;
  • She caught his eye
Meaning (6):
- go or come after and bring or take back
Example in sentence:
  • Could you bring the wine?;
  • Get me those books over there, please;
  • The dog fetched the hat
Meaning (7):
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
Example in sentence:
  • did you catch that allusion?;
  • did you get it?;
  • don't catch your meaning;
  • I just don't get him;
  • She didn't get the joke;
  • We caught something of his theory in the lecture
Meaning (8):
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
Example in sentence:
  • Did you catch the thief?;
  • We finally got the suspect
Meaning (9):
- give certain properties to something
Example in sentence:
  • Don't make this into a big deal;
  • get someone mad;
  • He made a fool of himself at the meeting;
  • Make yourself clear;
  • She made us look silly;
  • This invention will make you a millionaire
Meaning (10):
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Example in sentence:
  • experience vertigo;
  • get an idea;
  • get nauseous;
  • have a feeling;
  • receive injuries
Meaning (11):
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
Example in sentence:
  • Get going!;
  • He became annoyed when he heard the bad news;
  • her face went red with anger;
  • It must be getting more serious;
  • She went into ecstasy
Meaning (12):
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Example in sentence:
  • Get permission to take a few days off from work;
  • Get your results the next day;
  • She got a lot of paintings from her uncle;
  • They acquired a new pet
Meaning (13):
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Example in sentence:
  • Get working as soon as the sun rises!;
  • He began early in the day;
  • Let's get down to work now;
  • The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia;
  • We began working at dawn;
  • Who will start?
Meaning (14):
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Example in sentence:
  • He drew a base on balls
Meaning (15):
- receive as a retribution or punishment
Example in sentence:
  • He got 5 years in prison
Meaning (16):
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
Example in sentence:
  • He got a girl into trouble;
  • He got his squad on the ball;
  • This let me in for a big surprise
Meaning (17):
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Example in sentence:
  • He got AIDS;
  • She came down with pneumonia;
  • She took a chill
Meaning (18):
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Example in sentence:
  • He got his arm broken in the scuffle;
  • He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars;
  • She got a bruise on her leg;
  • She suffered a fracture in the accident
Meaning (19):
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Example in sentence:
  • He grew a beard;
  • I got funny spots all over my body;
  • The patient developed abdominal pains;
  • Well-developed breasts
Meaning (20):
- irritate
Example in sentence:
  • Her childish behavior really get to me;
  • His lying really gets me
Meaning (21):
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Example in sentence:
  • His movie received a good review;
  • I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions;
  • These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
Meaning (22):
- perceive by hearing
Example in sentence:
  • I didn't catch your name;
  • She didn't get his name when they met the first time
Meaning (23):
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Example in sentence:
  • My children finally got me to buy a computer;
  • My wife made me buy a new sofa;
  • The ads induced me to buy a VCR
Meaning (24):
- achieve a point or goal
Example in sentence:
  • Nicklaus had a 70;
  • She made 29 points that day;
  • The Brazilian team got 4 goals
Meaning (25):
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
Example in sentence:
  • Scram!
Meaning (26):
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
Example in sentence:
  • She arrived home at 7 o'clock;
  • She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
Meaning (27):
- reach and board
Example in sentence:
  • She got the bus just as it was leaving
Meaning (28):
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
Example in sentence:
  • She got the mood just right in her photographs;
  • She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
Meaning (29):
- suffer from the receipt of
Example in sentence:
  • She will catch hell for this behavior!
Meaning (30):
- take vengeance on or get even
Example in sentence:
  • That'll fix him good!;
  • This time I got him;
  • We'll get them!
Meaning (31):
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
Example in sentence:
  • The blow got him in the back;
  • The punch caught him in the stomach;
  • the rock caught her in the back of the head
Meaning (32):
- overcome or destroy
Example in sentence:
  • the cat got the goldfish;
  • The ice storm got my hibiscus
Meaning (33):
- move into a desired direction of discourse
Example in sentence:
  • What are you driving at?
Meaning (34):
- purchase
Example in sentence:
  • What did you get at the toy store?
Meaning (35):
- reach by calculation
Example in sentence:
  • What do you get when you add up these numbers?
Meaning (36):
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
Example in sentence:
  • Where did she get these news?;
  • You cannot get water out of a stone

Nearby Words:

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