get
//ɡɛt//
informalForms
- present (v1)
- get
- past (v2)
- got
- past participle (v3)
- got
- present participle
- getting
- 3rd person singular
- gets
- Plural
- gets
Definitions
1.To obtain; to acquire.
- Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
- I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
2.To receive.
- He got a severe reprimand for that.
- I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
3.To have. See usage notes.
- 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.
4.To fetch, bring, take.
- I need to get this to the office.
- Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
- He[…]got himself[…]to the strong town of Mega.
1.Lineage.
2.A difficult return or block of a shot.
3.Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.(informal)
- I had reconnected with the lust of my life while landing a big get for the magazine.
4.A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #34
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Very common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”).
Cognates