Phonetic: "/ɡɛt/"
Part Of Speech: verb
Definition: (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
Example: I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
Definition: To receive.
Example: He got a severe reprimand for that.
Definition: (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
Example: I've got a concert ticket for you.
Definition: To fetch, bring, take.
Example: Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
Definition: To become, or cause oneself to become.
Example: I'm getting hungry; how about you?
Definition: To cause to become; to bring about.
Example: I can't get these boots off (or on).
Definition: To cause to do.
Example: I can't get it to work.
Definition: To cause to come or go or move.
Example: I got him to his room.
Definition: To cause to be in a certain status or position.
Example: Get him here at once.
Definition: (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).
Example: I'm getting into a muddle.
Definition: To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
Example: to get a mile
Definition: To begin (doing something or to do something).
Example: After lunch we got chatting.
Definition: To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
Example: I normally get the 7:45 train.
Definition: To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
Example: Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
Definition: (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
Example: Great. I get to clean the toilets today.
Definition: To understand. (compare get it)
Example: I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
Definition: To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
Example: "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."
Definition: To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
Example: He got bitten by a dog.
Definition: To become ill with or catch (a disease).
Example: I went on holiday and got malaria.
Definition: To catch out, trick successfully.
Example: He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
Definition: To perplex, stump.
Example: That question's really got me.
Definition: To find as an answer.
Example: What did you get for question four?
Definition: To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
Example: I'm gonna get him for that.
Definition: To hear completely; catch.
Example: Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
Definition: To getter.
Example: I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
Definition: To beget (of a father).
Definition: To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
Example: to get a lesson; to get out one's Greek lesson
Definition: Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
Example: Get her with her new hairdo.
Definition: To go, to leave; to scram.
Definition: To kill.
Example: They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
Definition: To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
Definition: To measure.
Example: Did you get her temperature?
