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get (g t)v. got (g t), got·ten (gt n) or got, get·ting, gets v.tr.1. a. To come into possession or use of; receive: got a cat for her birthday. b. To meet with or incur: got nothing but trouble for her efforts. 2. a. To go after and obtain: got a book at the library; got breakfast in town. b. To go after and bring: Get me a pillow. c. To purchase; buy: get groceries. 3. a. To acquire as a result of action or effort: He got his information from the Internet. You can't get water out of a stone. b. To earn: got high marks in math. c. To accomplish or attain as a result of military action. 4. To obtain by concession or request: couldn't get the time off; got permission to go. 5. a. To arrive at; reach: When did you get home? b. To reach and board; catch: She got her plane two minutes before takeoff. 6. To succeed in communicating with, as by telephone: can't get me at the office until nine. 7. To become affected with (an illness, for example) by infection or exposure; catch: get the flu; got the mumps. 8. a. To be subjected to; undergo: got a severe concussion. b. To receive as retribution or punishment: got six years in prison for tax fraud. c. To sustain a stated injury to: got my arm broken. 9. a. To gain or have understanding of: Do you get this question? b. To learn (a poem, for example) by heart; memorize. c. To find or reach by calculating: get a total; can't get the answer. d. To perceive by hearing: I didn't get your name when we were introduced. 10. To procreate; beget. 11. a. To cause to become or be in a specified state or condition: got the children tired and cross; got the shirt clean. b. To make ready; prepare: get lunch for a crowd. c. To cause to come or go: got the car through traffic. d. To cause to move or leave: Get me out of here! 12. To cause to undertake or perform; prevail on: got the guide to give us the complete tour. 13. a. To take, especially by force; seize: The detective got the suspect as he left the restaurant. b. Informal To overcome or destroy: The ice storm got the rose bushes. c. To evoke an emotional response or reaction in: Romantic music really gets me. d. To annoy or irritate: What got me was his utter lack of initiative. e. To present a difficult problem to; puzzle. f. To take revenge on, especially to kill in revenge for a wrong. g. Informal To hit or strike: She got him on the chin. The bullet got him in the arm. 14. Baseball To put out. 15. To begin or start. Used with the present participle: I have to get working on this or I'll miss my deadline. 16. a. To have current possession of. Used in the present perfect form with the meaning of the present: We've got plenty of cash. b. Nonstandard To have current possession of. Used in the past tense form with the meaning of the present: They got a nice house in town. c. To have as an obligation. Used in the present perfect form with the meaning of the present: I have got to leave early. You've got to do the dishes. d. Nonstandard To have as an obligation. Used in the past tense with the meaning of the present: I got to git me a huntin' dog. v.intr.1. a. To become or grow to be: eventually got well. b. To be successful in coming or going: When will we get to Dallas? 2. To be able or permitted: never got to see Europe; finally got to work at home. 3. a. To be successful in becoming: get free of a drug problem. b. Used with the past participle of transitive verbs as a passive voice auxiliary: got stung by a bee. c. To become drawn in, entangled, or involved: got into debt; get into a hassle. 4. Informal To depart immediately: yelled at the dog to get. 5. To work for gain or profit; make money: puts all his energy into getting and spending. n.1. a. The act of begetting. b. Progeny; offspring. 2. Sports A return, as in tennis, on a shot that seems impossible to reach. Phrasal Verbs: get about To be out of bed and beginning to walk again, as after an illness. get across1. To make understandable or clear: tried to get my point across. 2. To be convincing or understandable: How can I get across to the students? get after To urge or scold: You should get after them to mow the lawn. get along1. To be or continue to be on harmonious terms: gets along with the in-laws. 2. To manage or fare with reasonable success: can't get along on those wages. 3. a. To make progress. b. To advance, especially in years. 4. To go away; leave. get around1. To circumvent or evade: managed to get around the real issues. 2. Informal To convince or win over by flattering or cajoling. 3. To travel from place to place: It is hard to get around without a car. 4. To become known; circulate: Word got around. get at1. To touch or reach successfully: The cat hid where we couldn't get at it. 2. To try to make understandable; hint at or suggest: I don't know what you're getting at. 3. To discover or understand: tried to get at the cause of the problem. 4. Informal To bribe or influence by improper or illegal means: He got at the judge, and the charges were dismissed. get away1. To break free; escape. 2. To leave or go away: wanted to come along, but couldn't get away. get back To return to a person, place, or condition: getting back to the subject. get by1. To pass or outstrip. 2. To succeed at a level of minimal acceptibility or with the minimal amount of effort: just got by in college. 3. To succeed in managing; survive: We'll get by if we economize. 4. To be unnoticed or ignored by: The mistake got by the editor, but the proofreader caught it. get down1. To descend. 2. To give one's attention. Often used with to: Let's get down to work. 3. To exhaust, discourage, or depress: The heat was getting me down. 4. To swallow: got the pill down on the first try. 5. To describe in writing. 6. Informal To lose one's inhibitions; enjoy oneself wholeheartedly. get in1. a. To enter. b. To arrive: We got in late last night. 2. To become or cause to become involved: She got in with the wrong crowd. Repeated loans from the finance company got me deeper in debt. 3. To become accepted, as in a club. 4. To succeed in making or doing: got in six deliveries before noon. get into1. To become involved in: got into trouble by stealing cars. 2. Informal To be interested in: got into gourmet cooking. get off1. To start, as on a trip; leave. 2. a. To fire (a round of ammunition, for example): got off two shots before the deer disappeared. b. To write and send, as a letter. 3. To escape, as from punishment or danger: got off scot-free. 4. To obtain a release or lesser penalty for: The attorney got her client off with a slap on the wrist. 5. Slang To act or speak with effrontery. Used in the imperative to express contempt or disdainful disbelief. 6. Slang To have an orgasm. 7. Slang a. To feel great pleasure or gratification. b. To experience euphoria, for example, as a result of taking a drug. 8. To get permission to leave one's workplace: got off early and went fishing. get on1. To be or continue on harmonious terms: gets on well with the neighbors. 2. To manage or fare with reasonable success. 3. a. To make progress; continue: get on with a performance. b. To advance in years. 4. To acquire understanding or knowledge: got on to the con game. get out1. a. To leave or escape. b. To cause to leave or escape. 2. To become known: Somehow the secret got out. 3. To publish, as a newspaper. get over1. To prevail against; overcome. 2. To recover from: finally got over the divorce. 3. To get across. get through1. To arrive at the end of; finish or complete. 2. a. To succeed in making contact; reach. b. To make oneself understood. get to1. a. To begin. Used with the present participle: got to reminiscing. b. To start to deal with: didn't get to the housework until Sunday. 2. To influence or affect, especially adversely: The noise really gets to me. get together1. To bring together; gather. 2. To come together. 3. To arrive at an agreement. get up1. a. To arise from bed or rise to one's feet. b. To climb. 2. To act as the creator or organizer of: got up a petition against rezoning. 3. To dress or adorn: She got herself up in a bizarre outfit. 4. To find within oneself: got up the nerve to quit. Idioms: get around to To find the time or occasion for. get away with To escape the consequences of (a blameworthy act, for example): got away with cheating. get back at To take revenge on. get cracking To begin to work; get started. get even To obtain revenge. get even with To repay with an equivalent act, as for revenge. get going To make a beginning; get started. get hold/ahold of1. To bring into one's grasp, possession, or control. 2. To communicate with, especially by telephone. get it Informal To be punished or scolded. get it on Slang 1. To become filled with energy or excitement. 2. To engage in sexual intercourse. get nowhere To make no progress. get (one's) Informal To receive one's due punishment: After sassing his parents, he really got his. get on the stick To begin to work. get out of To gain release from the obligation of: She tried to get out of taking her brother to the mall. He couldn't get out of his date on Saturday. get (someone's) goat To make angry or vexed. get somewhere Informal To make progress. get there Informal To make progress or achieve success. get wind of To learn of: got wind of the scheme.
[Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]
geta·ble, getta·ble adj. Usage Note: The use of get in the passive, as in We got sunburned at the beach, is generally avoided in formal writing. In less formal contexts, however, the construction can provide a useful difference in tone or emphasis, as between the sentences The demonstrators were arrested and The demonstrators got arrested. The first example implies that the responsibility for the arrests rests primarily with the police, while the example using get implies that the demonstrators deliberately provoked the arrests.·In colloquial use and in numerous nonstandard varieties of American English, the past tense form got has the meaning of the present. This arose probably by dropping the helping verb have from the past perfects have got, has got: We've got to go, we've got a lot of problems became We got to go, we got a lot of problems. The reanalysis of got as a present-tense form has led to the creation of a third singular gots in some varieties of English, especially African American Vernacular English. |
get Verb [getting, got] 1. to come into possession of 2. to bring or fetch 3. to catch (an illness) 4. to become: they get frustrated and angry 5. to cause to be done or to happen: he got a wart removed, to get steamed up 6. to hear or understand: did you get that joke? 7. to reach (a place or point): we could not get to the airport in time 8. to catch (a bus or train) 9. to persuade: she trying to get him to give secrets away 10. Informal to annoy: you know what really gets me? 11. Informal to baffle: now you've got me 12. Informal to hit: a bit of grenade got me on the left hip 13. Informal to be revenged on 14. Informal to start: we got talking about it, it got me thinking Noun
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | get - a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponentreturn - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" | | Verb | 1. |  get - 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"isolate - obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound" incur, obtain, receive, get, find - 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" get back, win back - recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers" press out, express, extract - obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" charter, hire, rent, lease, engage, take - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" turn - get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year" buy - acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" find - obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college" glom - seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater" get hold, line up, find, come up - get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter" accept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" recover, regain, retrieve, find - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" catch - get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath" regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" gain, win, acquire - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" earn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" garner, earn - acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions benefit, profit, gain - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" preempt - acquire for oneself before others can do so preempt - gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land) gather up, pick up, call for, collect - gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" inherit - obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents" borrow - get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?" | | 2. | get - 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!"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" sober up, sober - become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" sober, sober up - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" work - arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" take effect - go into effect or become effective or operative; "The new law will take effect next month" run - change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot" take - be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" break - come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" settle - become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy" gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" | | 3. | get - 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"make, get - 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" | | 4. | get - 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"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" take - ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" acquire, get - 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" | | 5. | get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"land, set down - reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" drive in - arrive by motorcar; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country" roll up - arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes" get - reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" come in, come - be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" attain, reach, hit - reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" plump in - arrive suddenly and unannounced; "He plumped in on a Sunday morning" | | 6. | get - 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"retrieve - run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve" retrieve - go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage" deliver - bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers" bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" | | 7. | get - go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"suffer, sustain, have, get - 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" undergo - pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" take - experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" horripilate - have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television" | | 8. | get - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"get back, get even - take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even" pay - make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back" | | 9. | get - achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"make - act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" | | 10. | get - 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"decide - cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!" persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" bring - induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" encourage - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" let - actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested" lead - cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" suborn - induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" compel, obligate, oblige - force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" | | 11. | get - succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"clutch, prehend, seize - take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" lasso, rope - catch with a lasso; "rope cows" | | 12. |  get - 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"fledge, feather - grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" regrow - grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury" spring - develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" sprout, stock - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" tiller, stool - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers leaf - produce leaves, of plants pod - produce pods, of plants teethe - grow teeth; cut the baby teeth; "The little one is teething now" pupate - develop into a pupa; "the insect larva pupate" cut - have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" develop, evolve, acquire - gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" | | 13. | get - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"sicken, come down - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" catch - contract; "did you catch a cold?" catch - contract; "did you catch a cold?" | | 14. | get - 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" | | 15. | get - 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"render - cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile" get, let, have - 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" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" leave - act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" | | 16. | get - move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"mean, intend - mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" | | 17. | get - 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"understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" catch, get - apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" get - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" | | 18. | get - attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw - direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" | | 19. | get - 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"hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" | | 20. | get - reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"get - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" | | 21. | get - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"get, catch - 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" get - reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" acquire, get - 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" | | 22. | get - purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" | | 23. | get - perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"hear - perceive (sound) via the auditory sense overhear, take in, catch - hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" | | 24. | get - suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!"catch - be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood" receive, get - receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" ache, hurt, suffer - feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" | | 25. | get - receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"catch, get - suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" | | 26. | get - leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" | | 27. | get - reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" catch - reach in time; "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock" | | 28. | get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"get - evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time" annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" | | 29. | get - evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"touch, stir - affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" | | 30. | get - apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"get, catch - 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" reproduce - recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait" | | 31. | get - earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls"baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | | 32. | get - overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" | | 33. |  get - 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"bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, baffle, puzzle, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat stump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her" riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle" elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" | | 34. | get - 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"recommence - begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap" strike out - set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own" fall - begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away" jump off - set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class" get to - arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long" auspicate - commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne" attack - set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed" break in - start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role launch, plunge - begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" come on - occur or become available; "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake" embark, enter - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" begin - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade" | | 35. | get - 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"cramp - suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle have - suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" experience, have, receive, get - go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" | | 36. | get - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
get verb 2. persuade, convince, win over, induce, influence, sway, entice, coax, incite, impel, talk into, wheedle, prevail upon verb 5. ( Informal) annoy, upset, anger, bother, disturb, trouble, bug ( informal) irritate, aggravate ( informal) gall, madden, exasperate, nettle, vex, irk, rile, pique, get on your nerves ( informal) nark Brit., Austral., N.Z. ( slang) get up your nose ( informal) give someone grief Brit., S. African make your blood boil, get your goat ( slang) get on your wick Brit. ( slang) get your back up, hack you off ( informal) verb 6. obtain, receive, gain, acquire, win, land, score ( slang) achieve, net, pick up, bag, secure, attain, reap, get hold of, come by, glean, procure, get your hands on, come into possession of verb 8. understand, follow, catch, see, notice, realize, appreciate, be aware of, take in, perceive, grasp, comprehend, fathom, apprehend, suss (out) ( slang) get the hang of ( informal) get your head round verb 10. arrest, catch, grab, capture, trap, seize, take, nail ( informal) collar ( informal) nab ( informal) apprehend, take prisoner, take into custody, lay hold of get at someone 1. criticize, attack, blame, put down, knock ( informal) carp, have a go (at) ( informal) taunt, nag, hassle ( informal) pick on, disparage, diss ( slang), chiefly U.S. find fault with, put the boot into ( slang) nark Brit., Austral., N.Z. ( slang) be on your back ( slang) get at something verb 2. find out, get, learn, reach, reveal, discover, acquire, detect, uncover, attain, get hold of, gain access to, come to grips with get away escape, leave, disappear, flee, depart, fly, slip away, abscond, decamp, hook it ( slang) do a runner ( slang) slope off, do a bunk Brit. ( slang) fly the coop U.S., Canad. ( informal) skedaddle ( informal) take a powder U.S., Canad. ( slang) make good your escape, make your getaway, take it on the lam U.S., Canad. ( slang) break free or out, run away or off, do a Skase Austral. ( informal) get back return, arrive home, come back or home get back at someone retaliate, pay (someone) back, hit back at, take revenge on, get even with, strike back at, even the score with, exact retribution on, get your own back on, make reprisal with, be avenged on, settle the score with, give (someone) a taste of his or her own medicine, give tit for tat, take or wreak vengeance on get by manage, survive, cope, fare, get through, exist, make out, get along, make do, subsist, muddle through, keep your head above water, make both ends meet get off 1. be absolved, be acquitted, escape punishment, walk ( slang), chiefly U.S. get on get out 1. leave, escape, withdraw, quit, take off ( informal) exit, go, break out, go away, depart, evacuate, vacate, clear out ( informal) abscond, decamp, hook it ( slang) free yourself, do a bunk Brit. ( slang) extricate yourself, sling your hook Brit. ( slang) rack off Austral., N.Z. ( slang) do a Skase Austral. ( informal) get over something 1. recover from, survive, get better from, come round, bounce back, mend, get well, recuperate, turn the corner, pull through, get back on your feet, feel yourself again, regain your health or strength get round someone ( Informal) win over, persuade, charm, influence, convince, convert, sway, coax, cajole, wheedle, prevail upon, bring round, talk round get round something overcome, deal with, solve, resolve, defeat, master, bypass, lick ( informal) shake off, rise above, get the better of, circumvent, surmount get something across communicate, publish, spread, pass on, transmit, convey, impart, get (something) through, disseminate, bring home, make known, put over, make clear or understood get together meet, unite, join, collect, gather, rally, assemble, muster, convene, converge, congregate  Translationsget [gɛt] [ pt, pp got] ( US) [ pp gotten] vi 1. (= become, be) → ponerse, volverse; to get drunk → emborracharse; to get dirty → ensuciarse; to get ready/washed → prepararse/lavarse; to get married → casarse; when do I get paid? → ¿cuándo me pagan or se me paga?; 2. (= go): to get to/from → llegar a/de; to get to know sb → (llegar a) conocer a algn; I'm getting to like him → me está empezando a gustar; let's get going or started → ¡vamos (a empezar)!4. ( modal aux vb): you've got to do it → tienes que hacerlo vt to get one's hair cut → cortarse el pelo; get me Mr Jones, please ( TEL) → póngame or (LAM) comuníqueme con el Sr. Jones, por favor; can I get you a drink? → ¿quieres algo de beber?3. (= receive) [+ present, letter] → recibir (= acquire) [+ reputation] → alcanzar: [+ prize]; ganar; get him! → ¡cógelo! (SP); ¡atrápalo! (LAM); do you think we'll get it through the door? → ¿crees que lo podremos meter por la puerta?6. (= catch, take) [+ plane, bus etc] → coger (SP); tomar (LAM); where do I get the train for Birmingham? → ¿dónde se coge or se toma el tren para Birmingham?I've got it! → ¡ya lo tengo!, ¡eureka!; I don't get your meaning → no te entiendo; 8. (= have, possess): to have got → tener vi to get across to sb → hacer que algn comprenda get along vi (= agree) → llevarse bien (= depart); marcharse (= manage) = get by what are you getting at? → ¿qué insinúas?get away vi → marcharse (= escape); escaparse get back vi (= return) → volver get back at vt fus (col): to get back at sb (for sth) → vengarse de algn (por algo) get by vi (= pass) → (lograr) pasar (= manage); arreglárselas; I can get by in Dutch → me defiendo en holandésget down to vt fus [+ work] → ponerse a to get into a rage → enfadarse get off vi ( from train etc) → bajar(se) (= depart) [ person, car] → marcharse vt fus [+ train, bus] → bajar(se) de; get on to vt fus (= deal with) → ocuparse de; ( of vehicle) → bajar(se); [ news] → saberseget out of vt fus → salir de [+ duty etc]; escaparse de (= gain from) [+ pleasure, benefit] → sacar de get over vt fus [+ illness] → recobrarse de get through vt fus (= finish) → acabar get together vi → reunirse get up vi (= rise) → levantarse get [gɛt] [ got , pt , pp , gotten , pp ] ( US) vi 1. (= become, be) → devenir; 2. (= go); to get to/from → aller à/de; how did you get here? → comment es-tu arrivé ici?; let's get going or started → allons-y 4. (modal aux vb); get me Mr Jones, please ( on phone) → passez-moi Mr Jones, s'il vous plaît; get him! → arrête-le!; 5. (= take, move); I'll get you there somehow → je me débrouillerai pour t'y emmener6. (= catch, take) [+ plane, bus etc] → prendre; where do I get the train for Birmingham? → où prend-on le train pour Birmingham?8. (= have, possess); I've got a cold → j'ai le rhume; get across vt to get across (to) [+ message, meaning] → faire passer (à) vi to get across (to) [ speaker] → se faire comprendre (par) t |
