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get
(g/E/t )

noun (n)

  • a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • Jet, the mineral.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Fashion; manner; custom.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • come into the possession of something concrete or abstract(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Get your results the next day.
    Get permission to take a few days off from work.
    Synonym:
    acquire
    source: wordnet30
  • enter or assume a certain state or condition(verb.change)
    Example:
    It must be getting more serious.
    Get going!.
    Synonym:
    become, go
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    have, let
    source: wordnet30
  • receive a specified treatment (abstract)(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    find, incur, obtain, receive
    source: wordnet30
  • reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress(verb.motion)
    Example:
    She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight.
    Synonym:
    arrive, come
    Antonym:
    go away, go forth, leave
    source: wordnet30
  • go or come after and bring or take back(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Get me those books over there, please.
    Synonym:
    bring, convey, fetch
    Antonym:
    bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away
    source: wordnet30
  • go through (mental or physical states or experiences)(verb.perception)
    Example:
    Get an idea.
    Get nauseous.
    Synonym:
    experience, have, receive
    source: wordnet30
  • take vengeance on or get even(verb.competition)
    Example:
    We'll get them!.
    Synonym:
    fix, pay back, pay off
    source: wordnet30
  • achieve a point or goal(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    have, make
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    cause, have, induce, make, stimulate
    source: wordnet30
  • succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    capture, catch
    source: wordnet30
  • come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    acquire, develop, grow, produce
    source: wordnet30
  • be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    contract, take
    source: wordnet30
  • communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake.
    source: wordnet30
  • give certain properties to something(verb.change)
    Example:
    Get someone mad.
    Synonym:
    make
    source: wordnet30
  • move into a desired direction of discourse(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    aim, drive
    source: wordnet30
  • grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    Did you get it?.
    She didn't get the joke.
    I just don't get him.
    Synonym:
    catch
    source: wordnet30
  • attract and fix(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    arrest, catch
    source: wordnet30
  • reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • reach by calculation(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    What do you get when you add up these numbers?.
    source: wordnet30
  • acquire as a result of some effort or action(verb.possession)
    Example:
    You cannot get water out of a stone.
    Where did she get these news?.
    source: wordnet30
  • purchase(verb.possession)
    Example:
    What did you get at the toy store?.
    source: wordnet30
  • perceive by hearing(verb.perception)
    Example:
    She didn't get his name when they met the first time.
    source: wordnet30
  • suffer from the receipt of(verb.perception)
    source: wordnet30
  • receive as a retribution or punishment(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    receive
    source: wordnet30
  • leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, scram
    source: wordnet30
  • reach and board(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • irritate(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    Her childish behavior really get to me.
    His lying really gets me.
    source: wordnet30
  • evoke an emotional response(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time.
    source: wordnet30
  • apprehend and reproduce accurately(verb.creation)
    source: wordnet30
  • earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    draw
    source: wordnet30
  • overcome or destroy(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • be a mystery or bewildering to(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
    source: wordnet30
  • take the first step or steps in carrying out an action(verb.change)
    Example:
    Get working as soon as the sun rises!.
    Let's get down to work now.
    Synonym:
    begin, commence, get down, set about, set out, start, start out
    Antonym:
    end, terminate
    source: wordnet30
  • undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    have, suffer, sustain
    source: wordnet30
  • make children(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, mother, sire
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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