1. get

          Get is one of those little words with a hundred applications. A common meaning is fetch, as in, go get a dictionary off the shelf.

          Get means to catch, or grab. If you get a cold, someone passed it on to you. If you get an idea, that means you understand it. Get can also be used to talk about directions. If you want someone to get out of a room, you want them to leave. If you sleep on the sidewalk, the police will make you get up. Get is also short for beget, or make children. How many children will you get?

          Primary Meanings of get

          1.
          vn
          come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
          a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
          2.
          v
          enter or assume a certain state or condition
          3.
          v
          reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
          4.
          v
          grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
          5.
          v
          overcome or destroy
          6.
          v
          leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
          7.
          v
          irritate
          8.
          v
          be a mystery or bewildering to
          Full Definitions of get
          1

          v come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

          “She got a lot of paintings from her uncle”
          Get your results the next day”
          Get permission to take a few days off from work”
          Synonyms:
          acquire
          find, incur, obtain, receive
          receive a specified treatment (abstract)
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          isolate
          obtain in pure form
          get back, win back
          recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
          express, extract, press out
          obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
          capture, catch
          capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
          come by, come into
          obtain, especially accidentally
          buy, purchase
          obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
          charter, engage, hire, lease, rent, take
          engage for service under a term of contract
          have, receive
          get something; come into possession of
          turn
          get by buying and selling
          buy
          acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
          find
          obtain through effort or management
          glom
          seize upon or latch onto something
          come upon, enter upon, luck into
          take possession of
          come up, find, get hold, line up
          get something or somebody for a specific purpose
          accept, have, take
          receive willingly something given or offered
          obtain
          come into possession of
          find, recover, regain, retrieve
          get or find back; recover the use of
          catch
          get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
          recoup, recover, recuperate
          regain or make up for
          reclaim, repossess
          claim back
          find, regain
          come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
          acquire, gain, win
          win something through one's efforts
          bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in
          earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
          earn, garner
          acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
          benefit, gain, profit
          derive a benefit from
          partake, partake in, share
          have, give, or receive a share of
          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)
          call for, collect, gather up, pick up
          gather or collect
          inherit
          obtain from someone after their death
          borrow
          get temporarily
          pick up
          get in addition, as an increase
          poll
          get the votes of
          preisolate
          isolate beforehand
          carry
          secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
          hunt, hunt down, run, track down
          pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
          dig up, excavate, turn up
          find by digging in the ground
          ream
          squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
          frog
          hunt frogs for food
          bag
          capture or kill, as in hunting
          batfowl
          catch birds by temporarily blinding them
          rat
          catch rats, especially with dogs
          ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel, trap
          catch in or as if in a trap
          take in, take up
          accept
          extort, wring from
          get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
          kite
          get credit or money by using a bad check
          hit, stumble
          encounter by chance
          buy back, repurchase
          buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away
          take
          buy, select
          subscribe, subscribe to, take
          receive or obtain regularly
          hustle
          get by trying hard
          accept
          receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
          fence
          receive stolen goods
          accept, admit, take, take on
          admit into a group or community
          welcome
          accept gladly
          honor, honour
          accept as pay
          source
          get (a product) from another country or business
          procure, secure
          get by special effort
          extract
          get despite difficulties or obstacles
          take out
          obtain by legal or official process
          get in, get into
          secure a place in a college, university, etc.
          eke out, squeeze out
          obtain with difficulty
          eke out, squeeze out
          make by laborious and precarious means
          access
          obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
          graduate
          receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
          bum, cadge, grub, mooch, sponge
          ask for and get free; be a parasite
          buy out, buy up, take over
          take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
          distrain
          legally take something in place of a debt payment
          foreclose
          subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
          profit, turn a profit
          make a profit; gain money or materially
          cash in on
          take advantage of or capitalize on
          profiteer
          make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
          capitalise, capitalize, take advantage
          draw advantages from
          rake off
          take money from an illegal transaction
          feel
          find by testing or cautious exploration
          locate, turn up
          discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
          attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike
          find unexpectedly
          pick up
          buy casually or spontaneously
          cozen
          cheat or trick
          bring home, take home
          earn as a salary or wage
          rake in, shovel in
          earn large sums of money
          letter
          win an athletic letter
          pyramid
          enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
          clear, net, sack, sack up
          make as a net profit
          gross
          earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
          bear, pay, yield
          bring in
          derive, gain
          obtain
          rout out, rout up
          get or find by searching
          cut in
          allow someone to have a share or profit
          inherit
          receive by genetic transmission
          shop
          do one's shopping
          buy food, take out
          purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
          adopt, borrow, take over, take up
          take up and practice as one's own
          snag
          get by acting quickly and smartly
          impulse-buy
          buy on impulse without proper reflection
          grab
          obtain illegally or unscrupulously
          catch up with, make up
          make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point

          v receive a specified treatment (abstract)

          “I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions”
          Synonyms:
          find, incur, obtain, receive
          acquire
          come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
          Types:
          take
          ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
          Type of:
          change
          undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

          v acquire as a result of some effort or action

          “You cannot get water out of a stone”
          “Where did she get these news?”
          Synonyms:
          catch
          grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
          Type of:
          acquire
          come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

          v succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

          “We finally got the suspect”
          Synonyms:
          capture, catch
          Types:
          recapture, retake
          capture again
          lasso, rope
          catch with a lasso
          Type of:
          clutch, prehend, seize
          take hold of; grab

          v purchase

          “What did you get at the toy store?”
          Type of:
          buy, purchase
          obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

          v go or come after and bring or take back

          Get me those books over there, please”
          Synonyms:
          bring, convey, fetch
          bring, convey, take
          take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
          Antonyms:
          bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away
          remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
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          retrieve
          run after, pick up, and bring to the master
          retrieve
          go for and bring back
          deliver
          bring to a destination, make a delivery
          misdeliver
          deliver to the wrong address
          process, serve, swear out
          deliver a warrant or summons to someone
          discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload
          leave or unload
          consign
          send to an address
          Type of:
          channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
          send from one person or place to another

          v achieve a point or goal

          “The Brazilian team got 4 goals”
          Synonyms:
          have, make
          make
          act in a certain way so as to acquire
          Type of:
          hit, rack up, score, tally
          gain points in a game

          v reach by calculation

          “What do you get when you add up these numbers?”

          v reach and board

          “She got the bus just as it was leaving”
          Synonyms:
          arrive, come
          reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
          Type of:
          catch
          reach in time

          v go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

          get an idea”
          get nauseous”
          Synonyms:
          experience, have, receive
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          have, suffer, sustain
          undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
          take
          experience or feel or submit to
          horripilate
          have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps
          break down, collapse
          collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
          cramp
          suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
          break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
          suffer a nervous breakdown
          Type of:
          undergo
          pass through

          v come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

          “I got funny spots all over my body”
          Synonyms:
          acquire, develop, grow, produce
          acquire, develop, evolve
          gain through experience
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          feather, fledge
          grow feathers
          regrow
          grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption
          spring
          develop suddenly
          sprout, stock
          put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
          stool, tiller
          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
          pupate
          develop into a pupa
          get up, work up
          develop
          cut
          have grow through the gums
          Type of:
          change
          undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

          v receive as a retribution or punishment

          “He got 5 years in prison”
          Synonyms:
          receive
          catch
          suffer from the receipt of

          v suffer from the receipt of

          Synonyms:
          catch
          catch
          be struck or affected by
          receive
          receive as a retribution or punishment
          Type of:
          ache, hurt, suffer
          feel physical pain

          v be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

          “He got AIDS”
          Synonyms:
          contract, take
          catch
          contract
          Types:
          catch
          contract
          catch cold
          come down with a cold
          Type of:
          come down, sicken
          get sick

          v undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

          “She got a bruise on her leg”
          “He got his arm broken in the scuffle”
          Synonyms:
          have, suffer, sustain
          have
          suffer from; be ill with
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          break down, collapse
          collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
          cramp
          suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
          break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
          suffer a nervous breakdown
          drop like flies
          rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
          fall over, go over
          fall forward and down
          Type of:
          experience, have, receive
          go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

          v 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”
          Type of:
          communicate, intercommunicate
          transmit thoughts or feelings

          v attract and fix

          Synonyms:
          arrest, catch
          Type of:
          attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in
          direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

          v earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

          Synonyms:
          draw
          Type of:
          effect, effectuate, set up
          produce

          v make children

          Synonyms:
          beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, mother, sire
          Type of:
          create, make
          make or cause to be or to become

          n a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

          Type of:
          return
          a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
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          v enter or assume a certain state or condition

          “It must be getting more serious”
          Get going!”
          Synonyms:
          become, go
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          sober, sober up
          become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
          sober, sober up
          become more realistic
          work
          arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
          take effect
          go into effect or become effective or operative
          run
          change from one state to another
          take
          be seized or affected in a specified way
          break
          come into being
          settle
          become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
          Type of:
          change state, turn
          undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

          v move into a desired direction of discourse

          Synonyms:
          aim, drive
          Type of:
          intend, mean
          mean or intend to express or convey

          v take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

          Get working as soon as the sun rises!”
          “Let's get down to work now”
          Synonyms:
          begin, commence, get down, set about, set out, start, start out
          begin
          begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
          Antonyms:
          end, terminate
          bring to an end or halt
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          recommence
          begin again
          strike out
          set out on a course of action
          fall
          begin vigorously
          jump off
          set off quickly, usually with success
          get to
          arrive at the point of
          auspicate
          commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
          attack
          set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
          break in
          start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
          launch, plunge
          begin with vigor
          come on
          occur or become available
          embark, enter
          set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
          bestir oneself, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving
          start to be active
          take up
          pursue or resume

          v cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

          “He got his squad on the ball”
          “He got a girl into trouble”
          Synonyms:
          have, let
          Type of:
          make
          give certain properties to something

          v cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

          “My children finally got me to buy a computer”
          Synonyms:
          cause, have, induce, make, stimulate
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          decide
          cause to decide
          persuade
          cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
          bring
          induce or persuade
          solicit
          incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
          encourage
          spur on
          let
          actively cause something to happen
          lead
          cause to undertake a certain action
          inspire, instigate, prompt
          serve as the inciting cause of
          suborn
          induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
          compel, obligate, oblige
          force somebody to do something
          force, thrust
          impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
          hustle
          pressure or urge someone into an action
          bring around, bring round
          cause to adopt an opinion or course of action
          badger
          persuade through constant efforts
          sell
          persuade somebody to accept something
          chat up
          talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
          talk into
          persuade somebody to do something
          rope in
          draw in as if with a rope; lure
          blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle
          influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
          convert, convince, win over
          make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
          brainwash
          persuade completely, often through coercion
          give
          guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
          assure
          assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence
          charm, influence, tempt
          induce into action by using one's charm
          prevail
          use persuasion successfully
          drag
          persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
          tempt
          try presumptuously
          walk
          make walk
          coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
          to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
          clamor
          compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring
          condemn
          compel or force into a particular state or activity
          shame
          compel through a sense of shame
          apply, enforce, implement
          ensure observance of laws and rules
          enforce, impose
          compel to behave in a certain way

          v give certain properties to something

          get someone mad”
          Synonyms:
          make
          Types:
          render
          cause to become
          have, let
          cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
          leave
          act or be so as to become in a specified state
          Type of:
          alter, change, modify
          cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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          v reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

          “She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight”
          Synonyms:
          arrive, come
          Antonyms:
          go away, go forth, leave
          go away from a place
          exit, get out, go out, leave
          move out of or depart from
          depart, leave, pull up stakes
          remove oneself from an association with or participation in
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          land, set down
          reach or come to rest
          drive in
          arrive by motorcar
          bring down, land, put down
          cause to come to the ground
          land, set ashore, shore
          arrive on shore
          roll up
          arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes"
          come, come in
          be received
          attain, hit, reach
          reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
          flood in
          arrive in great numbers
          draw in, get in, move in, pull in
          of trains; move into (a station)
          plump in
          arrive suddenly and unannounced
          alight, light, perch
          to come to rest, settle
          force-land
          make a forced landing
          beach
          land on a beach
          port
          land at or reach a port
          debark, disembark, set down
          go ashore
          touch down
          come or bring (a plane) to a landing
          undershoot
          fall short of (the runway) in a landing
          belly-land
          land on the underside without the landing gear
          crash land
          make an emergency landing
          max out
          reach a maximum
          break even
          attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport
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          v grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

          “did you get it?”
          “She didn't get the joke”
          “I just don't get him”
          Synonyms:
          catch
          catch
          apprehend and reproduce accurately
          Type of:
          understand
          know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

          v perceive by hearing

          “She didn't get his name when they met the first time”
          Synonyms:
          catch
          catch, overhear, take in
          hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
          Type of:
          hear
          perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

          v apprehend and reproduce accurately

          “She got the mood just right in her photographs”
          Synonyms:
          catch
          catch
          grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
          Type of:
          reproduce
          recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.
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          v overcome or destroy

          “The ice storm got my hibiscus”
          “the cat got the goldfish”
          Type of:
          destroy, ruin
          destroy completely; damage irreparably

          v take vengeance on or get even

          “We'll get them!”
          “This time I got him”
          Synonyms:
          fix, pay back, pay off
          pay
          make a compensation for
          Type of:
          get back, get even
          take revenge or even out a score

          v reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

          “The blow got him in the back”
          Synonyms:
          catch
          Type of:
          hit
          deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

          v evoke an emotional response

          “Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time”
          Synonyms:
          get under one's skin
          irritate
          Type of:
          stir, touch
          affect emotionally
          6

          v leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

          Synonyms:
          buzz off, scram
          Type of:
          go away, go forth, leave
          go away from a place
          7

          v irritate

          “Her childish behavior really get to me”
          “His lying really gets me”
          Synonyms:
          get under one's skin
          Type of:
          annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
          cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
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          v be a mystery or bewildering to

          Got me--I don't know the answer!”
          Synonyms:
          amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
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          mix up, stump
          cause to be perplexed or confounded
          riddle
          set a difficult problem or riddle
          elude, escape
          be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
          defy, refuse, resist
          elude, especially in a baffling way
          Type of:
          bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
          be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

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