get
1. get \(')get; often git, without stress, when a heavily stressed syll\
\(')ga:t\ \'ga:t-*n\ vb or got; or got; or got.ten or get.ting [ME geten,
fr. ON geta to get, beget; akin to OE bigietan to]able follows, as in "get
up"beget, L prehendere to seize, grasp, Gk chandanein to hold, contain 1a:
to gain possession of 1b: EARN 2a: to obtain or receive by way of benefit
or profit 2b: to achieve as a result of military activity 3: to obtain by
concession or entreaty 4a: to seek out and obtain {hoped to ~ dinner at
the inn} 4b: FETCH 5: BEGET 6a: to succeed in bringing or conveying 6b:
to cause to move {~ him out of the house} 6c: to cause to be in a certain
position or condition {got his fee t wet} 6d: to make ready : PREPARE 7a:
SEIZE 7b: OVERCOME 7c: to have an emotional effect on 7d: PUZZLE 7e:
IRRITATE 7f: to take vengeance on; specif : KILL 7g: HIT 8a: to be
subjected to {got a bad fall} 8b: to receive by way of punishment 8c: to
suffer a specified injury to 9a: MEMORIZE 9b: to find out by calculation
9c: HEAR 9d: UNDERSTAND 10: PRESUADE, INDUCE 11a: HAVE - used in the
present perfect tense form with present me aning {I've got no money} 11b:
to have as an obligation or necessity - used in the present perfect tense
form with present meaning {he has got to come} 12: to establish
communication with 13: to put out in baseball 1a: to succeed in coming or
going {~ to the city} 1b: to reach a certain condition {got to sleep after
midnight} 2: to acquire wealth 3: to be able : CONTRIVE 4: BECOME {got
married last week} 5: to leave immediately {told them to ~} GAIN, WIN,
EARN mean to come into possession of. GET is a very general term and may or
may not imply effort or initiative; OBTAIN suggests the attainment of
something sought for with some expenditure of time and effort; PROCURE
implies effort in obtaining something for oneself or for another; SECURE
implies difficulty in obtaining and keeping in possession or under one's
control; ACQUIRE often suggests an addition to what is already possessed;
GAIN adds to OBTAIN the implication of struggle and usu. of material value
in the thing obtained; WIN adds to GAIN the suggestion of favoring
qualities or circumstances playing a part in the gaining; EARN implies a
correspondence between the effort and what one gets by effort : to pursue
with exhortation, reprimand, or attack : to achieve success 1: to get the
better of : CIRCUMVENT 2: EVADE 1: to reach effectively 2: to influence
corruptly : BRIBE 3: to turn one's attention to 4: to try to prove or
make clear {what is he getting at} : to perform without suffering
unpleasant consequences : to get revenge : to repay in kind : to receive
a scolding or punishment : to produce an unfortunate effect on : UPSET :
to make one angry or annoyed 1a: OVERCOME, SURMOUNT 1b: to recover from
2: to move or travel across : to be successful : to be successful 1: to
reach the end of : COMPLETE 2: to while away 1: BEGIN 2: to have an
effect on : INFLUENCE 1: to bring together : ACCUMULATE 2: to come
together : ASSEMBLE 3: to reach agreement : to become aware of - get
after SYN syn GET, OBTAIN, PROCURE, SECURE, ACQUIRE,
2. get \'get\ n 1a: something begotten : 1a1: OFFSPRING 1a2: the entire
progeny of a male animal 1b: LINEAGE 2: a difficult return of a shot in a
game
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