Get
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English
Pronunciation
- /gεt/, /gEt/
Transitive verb
to get (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got (British), gotten (US and formerly British))
- To obtain or acquire.
- To receive.
- (colloquial) To understand.
- (colloquial) Used instead of to be as the auxiliary verb for making passive statements.
- He got bitten by a dog.
- To become.
- get drunk
Synonyms
- (obtain): acquire, come by, get hold of, obtain, take possession of
- (receive): receive, be given
- (colloquial: understand): follow, make sense of, understand
- (colloquial: be): be
- (become): become
Translations
obtain
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receive
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colloquial: understand
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colloquial: be
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become
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The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbers cannot be assumed to be correct.
- Dutch: verkrijgen
- Finnish: saada (3), vastaanottaa (3)
- German: nehmen (1), bekommen (2), verstehen (3)
- Indonesian: ambil, bawa, terima
Related terms
Phrasal verbs
- get about
- get across
- get action
- get after
- get along
- get along with
- get around
- get around to
- get at
- get away
- get away from
- get away with
- get back
- get back to
- get behind
- get beyond
- get by
- get done
- get down
- get in
- get in with
- get into
- get into trouble
- get it into one's head
- get off
- get off easy
- get off with
- get on
- get on in years
- get on to
- get on with
- get out
- get out of
- get over
- get over with
- get round
- get round to
- get there
- get the time to
- get through
- get through to
- get to
- get to be
- get together
- get under
- get up
- get up in
- get up to
Other related terms
- get-away, getaway
- get-out
- get-rich-quick
- get-up
- get-up-and-go
- get-well-soon card
Swedish
Noun
get c (pl getter, def sing geten, def pl getterna)