English to English
get
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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.
source: wordnet30 - go through (mental or physical states or experiences)(verb.perception)Example:
Get an idea.
Get nauseous.
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.
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.
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
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form(verb.motion)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
- overcome or destroy(verb.contact)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