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get

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noun

Examples :

"My neighbor's dog had a litter of seven gets. "

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Examples :

"My family's royal get is quite old and prestigious. "

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A difficult return or block of a shot.

Examples :

"The tennis player's difficult get at the net gave the opponent a chance to win the point. "

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Something gained; an acquisition.

Examples :

"My latest get is a new cookbook; I'm excited to try the recipes. "

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(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

Examples :

"My sister got a new bicycle for her birthday. "

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verb

Examples :

"He got a severe reprimand for that."

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(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.

Examples :

"My sister gets a new pair of shoes every year. "

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To fetch, bring, take.

Examples :

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

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To become, or cause oneself to become.

Examples :

"She got tired after working all day. "

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To cause to become; to bring about.

Examples :

"The new teacher's methods got the students more interested in their lessons. "

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To cause to do.

Examples :

"The teacher got the students to clean their desks. "

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To cause to come or go or move.

Examples :

"I got him to his room."

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To cause to be in a certain status or position.

Examples :

"Get him here at once."

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(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

Examples :

"The student is trying to get into a better position in the class. "

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To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

Examples :

"to get a mile"

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To begin (doing something or to do something).

Examples :

"After lunch we got chatting."

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To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

Examples :

"I normally get the 7:45 train."

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To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

Examples :

"My mom got the phone call from the school. "

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(followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

Examples :

"Great. I get to clean the toilets today."

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To understand. (compare get it)

Examples :

"I'm not sure I get what the teacher is saying about fractions. "

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To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

Examples :

""You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.""

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To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.

Examples :

"He got bitten by a dog."

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To become ill with or catch (a disease).

Examples :

"I went on holiday and got malaria."

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To catch out, trick successfully.

Examples :

"He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

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To perplex, stump.

Examples :

"The math problem really got me; I couldn't figure it out. "

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To find as an answer.

Examples :

"What did you get for question four?"

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To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

Examples :

"The police got the thief who stole the school's valuable computer equipment. "

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To hear completely; catch.

Examples :

"I couldn't get the teacher's instructions completely; she spoke too quickly. "

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verb

Examples :

"I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

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To beget (of a father).

Examples :

"My grandfather got me interested in history when he told stories of his youth. "

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To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

Examples :

"My son is trying to get the multiplication tables. "

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Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

Examples :

"Get her with her new hairdo."

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To go, to leave; to scram.

Examples :

"The teacher said, "Get out of the classroom now!" "

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verb

Examples :

"They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

Examples :

"The farmer got a good profit from his harvest this year. "

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verb

Examples :

"Did you get her temperature?"

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noun

Examples :

"That new student is a real git; he's always disrupting class. "

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A Jewish writ of divorce.

Examples :

"The rabbi explained that the couple needed to obtain a get before they could legally divorce. "

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