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get

The English word “get” has 38 meanings listed here.

  1. To obtain; to acquire.
  2. To receive.
  3. To have. See usage notes.
  4. To fetch, bring, take.
  5. To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
  6. To cause to become; to bring about.
  7. To cause to do.
  8. To cause to come or go or move.
  9. To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
  10. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
  11. (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
  12. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
  13. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
  14. (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
  15. To understand. (compare get it)
  16. To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
  17. Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
  18. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
  19. To catch out, trick successfully.
  20. To perplex, stump.
  21. To find as an answer.
  22. To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  23. To hear completely; catch.
  24. To getter.
  25. To beget (of a father).
  26. To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  27. Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
  28. To go, to leave; to scram.
  29. To kill.
  30. To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  31. To measure.
  32. To cause someone to laugh.
  33. Offspring, especially illegitimate.
  34. Lineage.
  35. A difficult return or block of a shot.
  36. Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
  37. 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.
  38. A Jewish writ of divorce.
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