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get

/ get /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
acquire as a result of some effort or action
"You cannot get water out of a stone"
"Where did she get these news?"
Type of:
acquire
Verb group:
catch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
"the rock caught her in the back of the head"
"The blow got him in the back"
"The punch caught him in the stomach"
Type of:
hit
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
"We finally got the suspect"
"Did you catch the thief?"
Type of:
seize prehend clutch
Kinds of:
recapture retake lasso rope
Derived:
capture seizure apprehension arrest catch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
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
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
evoke an emotional response
"Brahms''s `Requiem'' gets me every time"
Type of:
touch stir
Verb group:
get under one's skin
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 6
reach by calculation
"What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
Entails:
calculate cipher cypher
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 7
irritate
"Her childish behavior really get to me"
"His lying really gets me"
Type of:
annoy rag get to
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s something PP
verb Sense 8
overcome or destroy
"The ice storm got my hibiscus"
"the cat got the goldfish"
Type of:
destroy ruin
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
reach and board
"She got the bus just as it was leaving"
Type of:
catch
Verb group:
arrive come
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 10
receive as a retribution or punishment
"He got 5 years in prison"
Verb group:
catch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 11
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
"She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"
"They acquired a new pet"
"Get your results the next day"
"Get permission to take a few days off from work"
Kinds of:
isolate win back get back press out express
Derived:
acquiring getting learning acquisition merchant bank
Verb group:
receive find obtain incur
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
verb Sense 12
purchase
"What did you get at the toy store?"
Type of:
buy purchase
Derived:
acquiring getting
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
commerce commercialism mercantilism
verb Sense 13
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
"He got his squad on the ball"
"This let me in for a big surprise"
"He got a girl into trouble"
Type of:
make
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
verb Sense 14
perceive by hearing
"I didn''t catch your name"
"She didn''t get his name when they met the first time"
Type of:
hear
Verb group:
catch take in overhear
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 15
apprehend and reproduce accurately
"She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"
"She got the mood just right in her photographs"
Type of:
reproduce
Verb group:
catch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 16
in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
"He drew a base on balls"
Type of:
effect effectuate bring about
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 17
suffer from the receipt of
"She will catch hell for this behavior!"
Type of:
hurt ache suffer
Verb group:
catch receive
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 18
achieve a point or goal
"Nicklaus had a 70"
"The Brazilian team got 4 goals"
"She made 29 points that day"
Type of:
score hit tally
Verb group:
make
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 19
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
"She arrived home at 7 o''clock"
"She didn''t get to Chicago until after midnight"
Opposites:
leave go forth go away
Kinds of:
land set down drive in put down bring down
Derived:
arrival arriver comer advent coming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 20
make children
"Abraham begot Isaac"
"Men often father children but don''t recognize them"
Type of:
make create
Derived:
generation genesis multiplication propagation sire
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 21
go or come after and bring or take back
"Get me those books over there, please"
"Could you bring the wine?"
"The dog fetched the hat"
Opposites:
take away bear off bear away carry away carry off
Type of:
transmit transfer transport
Kinds of:
retrieve deliver
Derived:
transportation transfer transferral conveyance
Verb group:
bring convey take
Entails:
come come up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 22
move into a desired direction of discourse
"What are you driving at?"
Type of:
mean intend
Derived:
drift trend movement purport campaign
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 23
give certain properties to something
"get someone mad"
"She made us look silly"
"He made a fool of himself at the meeting"
"Don''t make this into a big deal"
"This invention will make you a millionaire"
"Make yourself clear"
Type of:
change alter modify
Kinds of:
render let have leave
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody something
It ----s that CLAUSE
verb Sense 24
grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of
"did you catch that allusion?"
"We caught something of his theory in the lecture"
"don''t catch your meaning"
"did you get it?"
"She didn''t get the joke"
"I just don''t get him"
Type of:
understand
Verb group:
catch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 25
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
"His movie received a good review"
"I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
take
Verb group:
acquire
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 26
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
"He got AIDS"
"She came down with pneumonia"
"She took a chill"
Type of:
sicken come down
Kinds of:
catch
Derived:
catching contracting
Verb group:
catch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 27
enter or assume a certain state or condition
"He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"
"It must be getting more serious"
"her face went red with anger"
"She went into ecstasy"
"Get going!"
Type of:
change state turn
Kinds of:
sober up sober work take effect run
See also:
progress come on come along advance get on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 28
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"We began working at dawn"
"Who will start?"
"Get working as soon as the sun rises!"
"The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"
"He began early in the day"
"Let''s get down to work now"
Opposites:
end terminate
Kinds of:
recommence strike out fall jump off get to
Derived:
beginning start commencement first outset
Verb group:
begin
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something is ----ing PP
Frame 33
verb Sense 29
attract and fix
"His look caught her"
"She caught his eye"
"Catch the attention of the waiter"
Type of:
attract pull pull in
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 30
take vengeance on or get even
"We''ll get them!"
"That''ll fix him good!"
"This time I got him"
Type of:
get even get back
Derived:
vengeance retribution payback
Verb group:
pay
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb Sense 31
of mental or physical states or experiences
"get an idea"
"experience vertigo"
"get nauseous"
"undergo a strange sensation"
"The chemical undergoes a sudden change"
"The fluid undergoes shear"
"receive injuries"
"have a feeling"
Kinds of:
respire labor labour suffer sustain
Derived:
experience
Entails:
perceive comprehend
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 32
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don''t know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"
Type of:
confuse throw fox
Kinds of:
stump mix up riddle elude escape
Derived:
stupefaction bewilderment obfuscation puzzlement befuddlement
See also:
puzzle over solve work out figure out puzzle out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 33
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
"He grew a beard"
"The patient developed abdominal pains"
"I got funny spots all over my body"
"Well-developed breasts"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
fledge feather regrow spring sprout
Derived:
acquiring getting growth growing maturation
Verb group:
develop acquire evolve
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 34
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
"She suffered a fracture in the accident"
"He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"
"She got a bruise on her leg"
"He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
Type of:
experience receive have
Kinds of:
break down collapse crack up crack crock up
Derived:
sick person diseased person sufferer
Verb group:
have
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 35
leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
"Scram!"
Type of:
leave go forth go away
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 36
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
"The ads induced me to buy a VCR"
"My children finally got me to buy a computer"
"My wife made me buy a new sofa"
Kinds of:
decide persuade bring solicit encourage
Derived:
causing causation cause reason grounds
Usage Patterns:
It ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
36
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
232
Times Searched
3
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