Visual meaning of 'gets'? - learn with images, example in daily life

noun

Offspring.

"The farmer was proud of his cow's latest gets, two healthy and strong calves. "

family

noun

Lineage.

"The dog's pedigree shows its impressive gets, tracing back to champion show dogs. "

family

noun

A difficult return or block of a shot.

"The tennis player's serve got a difficult gets, making it hard to return. "

sport

noun

Something gained; an acquisition.

"The company reported significant gets in market share this quarter, exceeding their projected growth. "

achievement business asset economy finance

verb

(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

"My mom gets me a snack after school every day. "

action achievement

verb

To receive.

"He got a severe reprimand for that."

achievement action process

verb

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

"My sister gets good grades in math. "

grammar language

verb

To fetch, bring, take.

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

action process

verb

To become, or cause oneself to become.

"Example Sentence:

"She gets nervous before every test." "

action process being

verb

To cause to become; to bring about.

"Working hard gets you good grades. "

action process

verb

To cause to do.

"The teacher gets the students to complete their homework by giving extra credit. "

action process

verb

To cause to come or go or move.

"I got him to his room."

action process

verb

To cause to be in a certain status or position.

"Get him here at once."

position action condition

Visual illustration of gets: (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).

verb

(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).

"After a long day at work, Sarah gets home tired. "

action state condition process achievement

verb

To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

"to get a mile"

way vehicle direction

Visual illustration of gets: To begin (doing something or to do something). - Image 1

gets: To begin (doing something or to do something). - Thumbnail 1

verb

To begin (doing something or to do something).

"After lunch we got chatting."

action process

verb

To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

"I normally get the 7:45 train."

vehicle service

verb

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

""When the phone rings, my dad usually gets it because he's closest." "

communication technology electronics

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

verb

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

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

ability possibility language

verb

To understand. (compare get it)

"After the teacher explained the math problem again, Maria finally gets it. "

communication language mind

verb

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

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

communication language

verb

To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.

"He got bitten by a dog."

grammar language

verb

To become ill with or catch (a disease).

"I went on holiday and got malaria."

medicine disease

verb

To catch out, trick successfully.

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

action character

verb

To perplex, stump.

"That math problem really gets me; I can't figure it out. "

mind language

verb

To find as an answer.

"What did you get for question four?"

math achievement

verb

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

"The police officer got the thief who stole the school's computers. "

police law action government

verb

To hear completely; catch.

""The radio was fuzzy, but I gets most of the news." "

sound communication language

verb

To getter.

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

action word

verb

To beget (of a father).

"John gets a son every time he and Mary have a baby. "

family sex

verb

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

"Sentence:

"He gets the vocabulary words by writing them out five times each night." "

mind education achievement ability language

verb

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

"Get her with her new hairdo."

language style attitude

verb

To go, to leave; to scram.

""The movie is starting, so everyone gets going to the theater now!" "

action language

verb

To kill.

"They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

war police military action

verb

To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

""She gets a good grade in math because she studies hard." "

achievement business economy

verb

To measure.

"Did you get her temperature?"

amount math

noun

A git.

""Don't be such a git; share your toys with your little brother." "

person character