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
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        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
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        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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