Meaning

(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
2. (transitive) To receive.
3. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
4. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
5. (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
6. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
7. (transitive) To cause to do.
8. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.

Example Sentences

I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.

Lance is going to get Mary a ring.

I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.

He got a severe reprimand for that.

Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.

I've got a concert ticket for you.

"Yeah, and I got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you," was Peter's response to his wife.

Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?

Word Forms

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• getting
• got
• gat
• gotten
• getten
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• getteth
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• gittim
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• ghet

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