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Get

Definition: Get

Get

Verb

1. 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".

2. 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!".

3. 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".

4. 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".

5. Reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight".

6. 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".

7. 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".

8. Take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him".

9. Achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day".

10. : 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".

11. : succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?".

12. : 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".

13. : be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill".

14. : 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".

15. : 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 famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear".

16. : move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?".

17. : grasp with the mind; "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".

18. : attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter".

19. : 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".

20. : reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?".

21. : get to or be allowed to do something; "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long".

22. : acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?".

23. : purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?".

24. : perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time".

25. : suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!".

26. : receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison".

27. : leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!".

28. : reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving".

29. : irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me".

30. : evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time".

31. : apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs".

32. : in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls".

33. : overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish".

34. : be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!".

35. : 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".

36. : 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".

37. : make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "get" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Get

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

To remove gas from a vacuum system by sorption. (references)

Literature

Get (To). To gain; to procure; to obtain.
"Get wealth and place, if possible with grace:
If not, by any means get wealth and place."
Horace (Satires says: - "Rem facis, recte si possis; si non, rem facis." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

GET. One of his get; one of his offspring, or begetting. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Tips from 1870

Usage: Get, Got. Because a horse is willing is no reason why he should be ridden to death. The verb get and its past-tense form got admit of many meanings, as the following, from an old English publication, fully proves: "I got on horseback within ten minutes after I got your letter. When I got to Canterbury I got a chaise for town; but I got wet through before I got to Canterbury, and I have got such a cold as I shall not be able to get rid of in a hurry. I got to the Treasury about noon, but, first of all, I got shaved and dressed. I soon got into the secret of getting a memorial before the Board, but I could not get an answer then. However, I got intelligence from the messenger that I should most likely get an answer the next morning. As soon as I got back to my inn I got my supper and got to bed. It was not long before I got to sleep. When I got up in the morning I got myself dressed, and then got my breakfast, that I might get out in time to get an answer to my memorial. As soon as I got it I got into the chaise and got to Canterbury by three, and about teatime I got home. I have got nothing more to say."
Those who are disposed to overwork the words get and got will find it interesting and profitable to read the foregoing exercise, substituting other words for those in italics.
With have the word got is generally superfluous; as, "I have got a cold," "I have got to go to Boston this evening," "Have you got Hires's root-beer on draught?" For "I did not get to meet your cousin," say "I had no opportunity," or "I was prevented," etc.
Another very faulty use of got is heard in such expressions as "He got killed," "They got beaten," "She got cured," etc. Was or were would be more appropriate.
Since to get means to obtain, to procure, to gain, the use of the word is justified in such expressions as "I have got a larger farm than you have, because I have worked harder for it." "I have got a better knowledge of the Pacific coast than he has, because I traveled extensively through that region." And yet, when we have been overworked, the physician usually prescribes a period of absolute rest; so, in view of the multifarious uses to which get has been applied, would it not be well to permit it to retire for a time, in order that it may the more quickly be rejuvenated. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Get

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

GET

EnglishGroup and Educational TravelN/A

GET

FrenchGastro-entérite transmissibleMedicine
Get.DutchWas getekendPublic Administration
GET UPEnglishGlobal Electronic Trade UN PartnershipN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Get

Synonyms: acquire (v), aim (v), amaze (v), arrest (v), arrive (v), baffle (v), beat (v), become (v), beget (v), begin (v), bewilder (v), bring (v), bring forth (v), bugger off (v), buzz off (v), can (v), capture (v), catch (v), cause (v), come (v), commence (v), contract (v), convey (v), develop (v), draw (v), drive (v), dumbfound (v), engender (v), experience (v), father (v), fetch (v), find (v), fix (v), flummox (v), fuck off (v), generate (v), go (v), gravel (v), grow (v), have (v), incur (v), induce (v), let (v), make (v), may (v), mother (v), mystify (v), nonplus (v), obtain (v), pay back (v), pay off (v), perplex (v), produce (v), puzzle (v), receive (v), scram (v), set about (v), set out (v), sire (v), start (v), start out (v), stimulate (v), stupefy (v), stupify (v), suffer (v), sustain (v), take (v), undergo (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: end (v), leave (v), must not (v), take away (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Get

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Acquisition

Verb: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect; (assemble); pick, pickup; glean.

Assemblage

Assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate; get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup, concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate; (store); collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion.

Continuance in action

Verb: be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change.

Production

Make productive; create; beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate; procreate, progenerate, propagate; engender; bring into being, call into being, bring into existence; breed, hatch, develop, bring up.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Get

English words defined with "get": all get outget a line, get about, get across, get along, get along with, get around, get at, get away, get back, get by, get down, get even, get hold, get hold of, get in, get into, get it, get off, get off the ground, get on, get on with, get out, get over, get the best, get the picture, get together, get tough, get up, get wind, get wordTo get away with, To get beyond, To get into, To get into trouble, To get off, To get rid of, To get square with. (references)
Specialty definitions using "get": Get a discount, Get a life!, Get a real computer!, get bent, Get by Heart, get it up, Get One's Back Up, get soaped up, Get, Got, get.comlets get bluntedto get toastedWhat You Get Is What You Never Thought You Had. (references)
Etymologies containing "get": Underget. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Get" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Icelandic (Can), Pidgin English (to get), Swedish (goat, nanny goat, she-goat).

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Modern Usage: Get

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Stifler get off (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a single one of us is going to get her. So then we go for her friends, but they will all give us the cold shoulder because no on likes to be second choice (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

All I did was party and get laid (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

So, let's get the obvious stuff out of the way. (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Enjoy it. Most of us never get to know what it feels like (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Lyrics

Get ready for this, mind your own biz (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

But if you wanna get down, baby, it's cool (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW)

Guess I'll get dressed and do the town (Can't Get Used To Losing You; performing artist: Andy Williams)

And I must get it back right away (Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again; performing artist: BARRY MANILOW)

How I'll ever get out of this I don't know (I Get Weak; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle)

Clever

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. (references; author: Mark Twain)

May you get to Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead. (references; author: Irish Proverb)

The older I get, the older old is. (references; author: unknown)

Man who run behind car get exhausted. (references; author: unknown)

It's only unethical if you get caught. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Get Christie Love! (1974)

Give to Get (1971)

I'm Going to Get You... Elliot Boy (1971)

Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are (1970)

You'll Get Into Trouble Ira (1970)

Song Titles

GET AWAY (performing artist: WIND & FIRE EARTH)

I GET A FEELIN'  (performing artist: Four Tops )

GET OFF (performing artist: FOXY)

Get Down (performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX  (performing artist: Glen Campbell )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Get

DomainTitle

References

  • GET GROUP PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • 101 Ways to Flirt: How to Get More Dates and Meet Your Mate (reference)

  • Get with the Program Daily Journal (reference)

  • Get Fuzzy 2003 Block Calendar: Scratch-A-Day (reference)

  • Buying and Selling Antiques: A Dealer Shows How to Get into the Business (reference)

  • Debunking the Designated Decoy: Get to the truth in your organization! (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Get

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Get

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown is a breast being compressed to get the optimum mammographic image. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Yersinia (Pasteurella) pestis causes plague in animals and humans. People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium, or by handling an infected animal. Credit: CDC.

Normally occurring in the nasal passages, at times, staphylococci can get into the body and cause an infection, which can be minor such as pimples, boils, and other skin conditions, or serious and sometimes fatal such as blood infections or pneumonia. Credit: CDC.

Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute huddle around monitors to get a glimpse ... Credit: NASA.

Photograph of Nazi submariner foot trying to get out of submarine escape hatch Office of Strategic Services project to find sunken vessels with new technology Ray Tryon and John O. Phillips worked off USCGC GENTIAN in 1944 Example of early surface controlled ocean bottom photography. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Camp cook roasts the boar and all hands get barbecued pork. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Boy, does it get foggy around here. I think I saw a cruise ship out there somewhere!. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Chief Boatswain Strydr Nutting slings the psychrometer to get wet and dry bulb temperatures. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Yeah, the buoy made it over the side. Now let's see if we can get this current meter in the water. Gulf Stream eddy studies from the NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV. Credit: Fisheries.

AH! It's great to get out into the solitude and wilds for a little angling!. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Get
 

"Trying to get dry" by Max Gaugush
Commentary: "My friend trying to get back to the dorm to dry off."
"Can i get on your shoulders ?" by Olivier Borgognon
Commentary: "In the winter circus of geneva switzerland, the elephants are kings."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Get".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Water; car wash; garden hose; bathe; bespatter; broadcast; dabble; dash; douse; drench; drown; get wet; moisten; paddle; plash; plunge; shower; slop; slosh; soak; sop; spatter; splatter; spray; spread; sprinkle; squirt; squirt; strew; throw; wade; wallow.Fast; quick; ASAP; abrupt; accelerated; active; agile; alert; animated; breakneck; brief; brisk; cursory; curt; double time; energetic; expeditious; expeditive; express; fleet; flying; get going; harefooted; hasty; headlong; hurried; immediate; impatient.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Get

AuthorQuotation

Aristotle

Most people would rather give than get affection.

C.j. Wendel

The more I get after a boy, the farther I get from him.

Charles C. Johnson

The only purpose of your activity is to get results.

Denis Diderot

The point is to get into heaven by hook or by crook.

General George S. Patton, Jr.

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Ingmar Bergman

I hope I never get so old I get religious.

Martial

You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burro.

Mignon Mclaughlin

What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.

Oscar Wilde

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Get

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

And if there be any original defects, or adventitious ones introduced by time, or corruption; it is not an easy thing to get them changed, even when all the world sees there is an opportunity for it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

And how does the bourgeoisie get over these crises? On the one hand inforced destruction of a mass of productive forces; on the other, by the conquest of new markets, and by the more thorough exploitation of the old ones. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Get

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Were he ever able to get away, the day would be spent in coming and returning

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

You can be civil to them, while I get the tickets

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

"This must be Thursday", said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Lucky are they who can get near them

Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh

less likely to get hurt by our cruel world, when obviously the reverse is true

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Stephen felt his own face red too, thinking of all the bets about who would get first place in elements, Jack Lawton or he.

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Neil Simon

Eugene: You don't get too far talking to Laurie

Time Enough for Love

Robert Heinlein

Get a shot off fast

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

We got to get off.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

That I left it to get riches, whereby I might maintain myself and family when I should return

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Get

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Get plenty to drink. (references)

Get regular checkups. (references)

Any mammal can get rabies. (references)

Business

This has helped Fischer get more clients. (references)

Household users may get reductions of 10-15 percent. (references)

To work in Poland a foreigner must get a work permit. (references)

Children

Brazil

Millions of children continue to suffer from the poverty afflicting their families, must work to survive, and fail to get an education. (references)

Iraq

In contrast mortality rates for children under 5 years old in the Kurdish-controlled north dropped in the period between 1994 and 1999. The Special Rapporteur criticized the Government for "letting innocent people suffer while [it] maneuvered to get sanctions lifted." Had the Government not waited 5 years to adopt the oil-for-food program in 1996, he stated in October 1999, "millions of innocent people would have avoided serious and prolonged suffering." For the 8th, the Government held 3-week training courses in weapons use, hand-to-hand fighting, rappelling from helicopters, and infantry tactics for children between 10 and 15 years of age. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

Passports increasingly are easy to get. (references)

Economic History

Norway

It is looking, however to get more for its money. (references)

Venezuela

Correspondence in English is unlikely to get a response. (references)

Colombia

Under Law 80, Colombian bidders get preferential treatment. (references)

Human Rights

Kazakhstan

The second firm appealed to the MVD to get their money back. (references)

China

The best that a defense attorney generally can do for a client is to get a sentence mitigated. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

In certain cases, law enforcement officers may carry out a search first and then get approval within 24 hours. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

Products can get "caught up" in customs because of minor errors in paperwork. (references)

VENEZUELA

Exporters can also get a rebate of the 14.5 percent wholesale tax levied on imported inputs. (references)

West Bank

The USG is committed to doing everything it can to get the two side to end the violence and get back to the negotiating table. (references)

Trade

Mexico

Open account is a relatively secure method to get paid for once a business relationship has been established. (references)

Argentina

For more information and to get on their mailing list, log on to www.exim.gov to fill out an information form. (references)

Czech Rep

These first-stage grants -- that can go as high as $1 million -- are often the best way to get a major project moving. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

However, you get what you pay for. (references)

Sweden

Swedish workers do get 5 weeks of vacation each year. (references)

Korea

It is relatively easy to get to Korea from the United States. (references)

Women

Poland

The pension law requires mandatory earlier retirement for women at age 60 (age 65 for men), and as a result women get approximately 60 percent of the average pension that men receive. (references)

Pakistan

Police sometimes accept bribes from the accused rapist to get the victim to drop a case; however, in other cases, police will request bribes from the victim to pursue the case against the accused rapist. (references)

Worker Rights

Moldova

In many areas, friends or acquaintances approach young women and offer them help to get good jobs abroad. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures. Henry Ward Beecher

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Get

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

When buying home electronics, I always get the optional warranty.

Gerald Ford

My fellow Americans, we have a lot of work to do. My former colleagues, you and I have a lot of work to do. Let's get on with it.

Jesse Ventura

Get unicameral or single-house on the ballot so that the people of Minnesota could have a choice of what their government would be.

Marla Hanson

Right. I took four years off to raise my child. Now I'm starting to get back into the writing. I'm actually working on a book this time.

Michael J. Fox

Just get away from it and not look at it and not deal with it. That's when I realized it was something I wanted to stop doing.

Paul Harvey

Sure, I still pound every word into an IBM Selectric. I did get that far. I used a manual typewriter until a just a few years ago.

Rudy Giuliani

Judith and I are going to get married, we're just going to, kind of, keep it to ourselves, exactly how, when, where.

Rush Limbaugh

Congress talks and runs for cover when things get hot.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Get

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953That is the only way we can get the men and bring back our veterans.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977Legislation to get this started must be approved at the earliest possible date.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981With the support of the Congress, we've begun to reorganize and to get control of the bureaucracy.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Ad we've wondered if we would ever get the chance to thank them.

George Bush

1989-1993For it's not enough to get an immediate burst.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001People have to take their kids to get immunized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Get

"Get" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 69.98% of the time. "Get" is used about 99,401 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)69.98%69,562124
Lexical Verb (base form)30%29,820287
Unclassified Items0.02%1785,106
                    Total100.00%99,401N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Get

CountryName
United Kingdom

GET GROUP PLC

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Get

Expressions using "get": all get out be able to get down be desperate to get caught up in trivia/to get did you get me? do you get me do you get me? don't get dirty! don't get excited! don't get into a flap don't get me started don't get rattled! don't get vexed about it! get a bad name get a ball out of smth. get a bashing get a beating get a blow get a charge out of get a chill get a cold get a diploma get a disease get a divorce get a doctor get a ducking get a firm footing get a fix on get a foothold get a footing in society get a fright get a girl into a trouble get a glimpse of get a good position get a good sousing get a grip get a grip on get a grip on oneself get a grip on yourself! get a haircut get a hanging get a hard on get a head get a headache get a hitch get a hold get a hold of get a hold of smth. get a job get a job by push get a job through backstairs influence get a kick out of get a kick out of doing smth. get a leg in get a license for get a life get a life! get a light get a light from smb.'s cigarette get a line get a line on get a living get a load of this! get a load off one's chest get a look get a matter square get a meal ready get a middle age get a move on get a move on! get a new angle on smth. get a new post get a noseful get a one get a panic get a pass get a pass in get a peep get a place get a present get a promotion get a raise get a raw deal get a real computer! get a rise out of smb. get a scolding get a season ticket get a setdown get a shave get a smattering of knowledge get a smile get a splinter get a start get a tan get a trashing get a very bad deal get a whiff get a word in edgeways get a yen get aboard get aboard!. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "get": get-acquainted, get-ahead, get-at-able, get-at-table, get-away, get-away-from-it-all, get-away-from-only-a-bit-of-it, get-even, get-in, get-in-touch, get-like, get-on-with-it, get-our, get-out, get-out-of-me, get-out-of-my-way-i-haven't-a-moment-to-spare, get-outs, get-overable, Get-penny, get-rich, get-rich-quick, get-the-beers-in, get-the-government-off-our-backs, get-together, get-togethers, get-tough, get-up, get-up-and-go, get-up-and-jig, get-well, get-well card, get-well-soon, get-you-down, get-you-out-of-trouble.

Ending with "get": hard-to-get.

Containing "get": Ap-ono-get-on, member-get-member.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Get

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

get low

5,917

get local

358

get busy

4,287

get rich

352

get right

3,950

get paid to surf

320

down get let

1,918

get it now

308

fuzzy get

1,507

get well

293

busy get lyrics paul sean

1,242

get out of debt

293

get direction

994

get smart

291

get low lyrics

963

get paid

290

get pregnant

944

get well gift

279

get driving direction

901

get loaded

277

busy get lyrics

807

get laid

273

busy get paul sean

719

get by

270

get well card

679

get rid of ant

267

get up kid

595

get rich quick

256

get how

580

get rich or die tryin

253

get gonna not us

537

get up kid lyrics

245

get rid of pop ups

482

bow down get let wow

243

flash get

479

get rid of flea

231

get organized

441

you get a passport

231

get girl

372

you get a girlfriend

230
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Get

Language Translations for "get"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

neem (accept, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, receive, take, take in), arriveer (arrive, end up), behaal (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, earn, gain, obtain, reach, win), bekom (have, receive), beland (arrive, end up), aankom (arrive, end up), kry (have, receive), word (become, come about, grow, happen, is), ontvang (have, receive), oppik (lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, take), optel (lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, take), raak (become, come about, grow, happen), vat (captivate, capture, catch, grapple, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, start off, take), verwerf (achieve, acquire, attain, obtain), bereik (accomplish, achieve, attain, range, reach), presteer (accomplish, achieve, attain, reach), aanland (arrive, end up), ontbied (send for). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

gjej (ascertain, assure, be, be present, catch, come across, dig up, discover, distil, distill, divine, fetch, figure out, find, find out, guess, hit, hunt down, hunt out, hunt up, look out, meet with, obtain, pick out, procure, root out, scare up, search out, trace), kuptoj (apprehend, catch, comprehend, cotton on, fathom, figure out, find, gather, grasp, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick out, Pierce, see, see through, sense, take, take in, twig on, understand), bëhem (become, fly into, grow, make, ripen, wax), bëj të (determine, start), bezdis (bore, displease, grate, Harrow, hassle, importune, inconvenience, nag, peeve, persecute, pester, press, pursue, ruffle, tease, trouble, vex), bind (assure, bring, bring over, convince, expostulate, get round, induce, lead, make smb. listen to reason, outrun, persuade, prevail, prevail upon, reassure, remonstrate, rub in), duhet (behoove, have to, it's necessary, must, need, ought, would), filloj (begin, come, commence, develop, embark, enter, fall into, fall on, fall to, get down, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, set about, set in, set to, set up, start, strike up), fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, command, earn, fight down, gain, gain upon, get the best of, make, net, obtain, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, realize, score, score off, take, touch, win), jam (be, be present, exist), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), vras (assassinate, bag, bruise, bump off, damage, despatch, dispatch, do away with, drop, finish, finish off, hurt, injure, kill, Lynch, make away with oneself, murder, poniard, put the sword, puzzle, shoot, slay, stab, stone to death, waste, zap), mërrij (arrive, end up), mërzit (annoy, badger, bore, bother, cloy, disgruntle, dissatisfy, nag, peeve, pester, plague, turn sour, vex), marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in, take out), marr vesh (arrange, be conscious, catch, discover, find out, get into, hear, hear from, know, learn, penetrate, see, twig, understand), mbërrij (appear, arrive, come, draw in, show up, turn up), nis (begin, break, bring, commence, despatch, dispatch, enter, enter on, get round, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, send, send on, start, take up), përgatit (coach, compose, concoct, cook up, dispense, dress, fit, fit up, get ready, get up, make, make ready, make up, mix up, mobilize, prepare, produce, qualify, stage-manage, train), qëlloj (batter, clip, clout, conk, discharge, fetch, flap, hammer, hit, impinge, knock, lay out, paddle, poke, pop, pot, pound, rifle, shoot, slap, slug, smite, strike, switch), shkoj (be, befit, call on, come round, destine, elapse, go, go by, ride, step, thread, trace, tread, visit, wend), kam (bear, carry, enjoy, have, keep, own, possess). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فاز ب, ‏فاز (achieve, attain, be successful, beat, defeat, gain, obtain, overcome, prevail, succeed, triumph over, win, win out), ‏كسب (acquire, acquiring, acquisition, attain, earn, earning, gain, gaining, get smth. off one's hands, harvest, obtain, obtaining, prize, profit, reap, win, winning), ‏هيأ (adapt, arm, dress, fix, gear, make, predestine, prepare, ready), ‏نال (acquire, attain, carve, coax, come by, gain, get the best of, take, win), ‏حيز (beat, room, space), ‏حصل (acquire, angle, obtain, procure, secure), ‏زار (call on, pay a visit, round, see, see over, skim, travel, visit), ‏صير فى حالة, ‏جلب (bring, fetch), ‏إنتقم من (fix, get at smb.), ‏أصاب (bilge, blast, come, hit, infect, inflict, pick off, shoot, strike), ‏أخرج (bring out, direct, dispossess, draw out, egress, eject, fetch, give off, move out, obtrude, poke, produce, push along, quit, read out, realize, remove, set, shell off, subtract, take out, vomit), ‏أثار (aggravate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, fan, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, heat, impassion, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, thrill, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, turn on, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

vistise (to get dressed). (various references)

   

Aymara

  

jurichaña (to get wet), jak'achaña (to get close), isisiña (to get dressed). (various references)

   

Basque

  

jaitsi (descend to, get down to, go down to), erdietsi (get to). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

накарвам (bounce, have, make, move, predetermine, prevail, send), доставям (accommodate, afford, furnish, give, haul, heel, provide, purvey, rustle up, supply), изкарвам (be through, dislodge, fare, fetch, finish, get through, make, oust, pass through, run off, serve), изтръгвам (elicit, extort, milk, pull out, rip out, root from, snatch, tear out, uproot, wrench, wrest, yank), печеля (earn, gain, harvest, profit, pull down, realize, score, take in, win), получавам (derive, gain, have, obtain, receive, touch, turn), почвам да, постигам (accomplish, achieve, acquire, come, compass, effect, effectuate, notch up, reach, realize, secure, turn, turn in, work out), придобивам (acquire, contract, harvest, have, pick up, purchase, take on, work up), добивам (acquire, assume, extract, fetch, mine, obtain, start, win), намирам (be found, detect, discover, find, fit in, found, hit, hunt out, judge, land, locate, look up, raise, regard, root out, root up, run down, rustle up, scare up, secure, see, strike, track down, turn up), схващам (apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, discover, get a hold of, grasp, note, perceive, pick up, see, sense, take in, twig, understand), отивам да взема (call for, fetch, pick up), вземам (borrow, cover, fetch, got, gotten, levy, load, partake, pick up, pot, retake, take, take away, take in, take up), купувам (book, bought, buy, cop, deal, invest, pick up, purchase, trade), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), спечелвам (acquire, attach, carry off, engage, enlist, fetch, gain, get the best of it, land, make, obtain, pot, profit, purchase, win, win through), улавям (catch, catch out, clutch, detect, entrap, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, mesh, pick up), улучвам (connect, grass, hit, hit the right nail on the head), ставам (arise, become, come, come round, eventuate, fit, get up, grow, intervene, occur, pass, proceed, pull up, rise, roll out, run, stand, take place, transpire, turn, turn out, up), заставям (cause, coerce, compel, will). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

rebre (have, receive), obtenir (have, receive), buscar (fetch, pick up). (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

mag-ilis (to get dressed). (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

para man minagagu (to get dressed). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

受到 (be given, receive, suffer), 得到 (GETS, Getting, Got, Gotten), (a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect, allow, contented, degree or possibility, finished, gain, must, obtain, ought to, permit, proper, proud, ready, suitable, to have to, to need to). (various references)

   

Croatian

  

dobiti. (