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Definition: Get |
GetVerb1. 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) |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GET | English | Group and Educational Travel | N/A |
GET | French | Gastro-entérite transmissible | Medicine |
| Get. | Dutch | Was getekend | Public Administration |
| GET UP | English | Global Electronic Trade UN Partnership | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: GetSynonyms: 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) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
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 ) | |
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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. |
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| "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." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| 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. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
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. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
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) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
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. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(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. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | That is the only way we can get the men and bring back our veterans. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Legislation to get this started must be approved at the earliest possible date. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | With the support of the Congress, we've begun to reorganize and to get control of the bureaucracy. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Ad we've wondered if we would ever get the chance to thank them. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | For it's not enough to get an immediate burst. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | People have to take their kids to get immunized. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 69.98% | 69,562 | 124 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 30% | 29,820 | 287 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Total | 100.00% | 99,401 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | GET GROUP PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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), 得 (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. (various references) | |
Czech | pochopit co (get the hang of smth., tumble to), dopravit (carry, convey, fly, fly in, haul, transport), dostávat (earn, receive), dostat (be given, come by, concede, contract, develop, have, obtain, receive, to reach), koupit (buy, to buy), obdržet (have, obtain, receive), obstarat (obtain, procure, purvey), chytit (capture, catch, catch fire, clutch, field, grasp, ignite, light, pick up, seize, take, take a fire, take fire), opatřit (fit out, furnish, obtain, procure, provide, purvey, raise, stock, store, supply, take out), zaskoèit pro, poslat (consign, direct, pack off, send), sehnat (chase up, come, come by, drum up, find, hunt up, raise, rake up), stát se (become, come, come about, grow, happen, join, occur, pass), uchopit (clench, clutch, get hold of, grasp, grip, seize, take, take up), zasáhnout (catch, hit, strike, sweep), získat (acquire, cajole, capture, carry off, come by, conciliate, drum up, elicit, enlist, gain, make, notch up, obtain, pick up, piece up, procure, pull, raise, score, secure, take, win), odebírat (subscribe). (various references) | |
Danish | tage op (lay hold of, pick up, take), tage (lay hold of, pick up, take), modtage (accept, have, receive, take, take in), hente (fetch, pick up), gribe (clutch, grab, grasp, grip, lay hold of, pick up, seize, take), få (have, receive), blive (abide, become, come about, grow, happen, remain, stay, stay over), ankomme (arrive, end up). (various references) | |
Dutch | buit maken (achieve, acquire, attain, obtain, plunder, rob), behalen (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, earn, gain, obtain, reach, win). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | japina (to get), churarina (to get dressed). (various references) | |
Esperanto | venigi (send for), ricevi (have, receive), provizi sin per (buy, procure), preni (lay hold of, pick up, take), irpreni (fetch, pick up), igi (cause, make), iĝi (become, grow), havigi al si (buy, procure), havigi (procure), ekhavi, atingi (accomplish, attain, reach), alveni (arrive), akiri (acquire, attain, obtain). (various references) | |
Estonian | saan (can), saa. (various references) | |
Faeroese | gerast (become, come about, grow, happen), gera (achieve, act, activate, build, carry out, cause, construct, do, form, give rise to, make, perform, shape, take action), verða (become, come about, grow, happen), taka (conquer, detain, hold back, lay hold of, pick up, retain, take), náa (accomplish, achieve, attain, reach), lata (allow, cause, dedicate, deliver, devote, entrust, furnish, leave, let, make, release, supply, tell), koma (appear, appearance, arrive, come, emerge, end up, perform), heinta (exact, requisition, seize, send for), fáa at koma (send for), fáa at (cause, make), fáa (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, be able, be able to, harvest, have, obtain, provide, reach, receive), útvega (achieve, acquire, attain, employ, hire, obtain, provide, recruit). (various references) | |
Farsi | تولد (Birth, Geniture), بدست امده , ربودن (Abduct, Abstract, Bag, Betake, Grab, Hook, Purloin, Ravish, Reave, Rob, Snatch, Steal, Usurp), رسیدن (Accede, Achieve, Aim, Amount, Arrive, Attain, Come, Gain, Land, Receive, Strand), عادت کردن , زایش (Birth), بدست اوردن (Acquire, Attain, Catch, Earn, Enter, Gain, Have, Impetrate, Obtain, Procure, Reap, Win), تحصیل کردن (Achieve, Earn, Procure, Study, Win), فهمیدن (Catch, Compass, Comprehend, Follow, Grasp, Gripe, Induct, Intend, Learn, Realize, Savor, Savvy, See, Skill, Tell, Understand), تهیه کردن (Administer, Afford, Cater, Furnish, Process, Purvey, Supply), حاصل کردن (Acquire, Afford, Generate), کسب کرده , فراهم کردن (Obtain), فرزند (Bairn, Breed, Child, Fruit, Fry, Offspring, Progeny, Scion), فاءق امدن (Surmount), تحصیل شده . (various references) | |
Finnish | saapua (appear, approach, arrive, come, end up), saada (be allowed, be permitted, have, obtain, receive), hankkia (achieve, acquire, attain, furnish deliver, obtain, procure, provide, secure, supply). (various references) | |
French | obtenir (get smth. off one's hands, get the best of), devenir, arriver (get ahead, get in). (various references) | |
Frisian | wurde (become, grow), oantuge (buy, procure, purchase, take over), oanriede (advise, buy, counsel, procure, purchase, take over), oanlânje (arrive, end up), oankomme (arrive, close, end up, near, nearby, next), nimme (lay hold of, pick up, take), krije (have, receive), arrivearje (arrive, end up), ûntfange (have, receive). (various references) | |
German | werden (arise, be, be going to be, become, becoming, come about, development, fall, go, grow, happen, to become, to flush, turn, turn into, wax, will), bekommen (agree with, be awarded, be given, catch, develop, do good, expect, gain, get in, get off, getting, gotten, have, line up, obtain, pick up, reap, receive, score, take, take on, throw, to obtain, win), kommen (arise, arrive, be on, belong, come, come along, come on, come out, come over, coming, comme, go, happen, move in, occur, oncoming, reach, start, to acquire, to come, to come (came, to cum), holen (catch, fetch, get over, hoist, pick up, send for, summon, to fetch, win), erhalten (be awarded, be given, conserve, have, keep, maintain, obtain, obtained, poll, preserve, recd, receive, support, sustain, to achieve, to conceive, to conserve, to obtain), machen (achieve, act, be, Bob, boulder, carry out, cause, contract, cook, creates, creating, do, fix, give, go, go on, have, hold out, make, makes, making, matter, offer, open up, perform, play, produce, proffer, pull down, put, put down, put out, render, take, to make, volunteer, win), erreichen (accomplish, achieve, arrive at, attain, catch, contact, gain, get at, get to, make, obtain, reach, to achieve, to attain, to obtain, to reach, touch, win), bringen (bring, broadcast, carry, cause, drive, earn, feature, fetch, give, induce, introduce, make, offer, present, print, produce, publish, put, put out, reach, take, take out, to bring, to remedy, yield), ankommen (arrival, arrive, catch on, come, come across, come along, come down, end up, get in, get over, get to, go down, go down well, go over, hinge, move in, pull in, take off, to arrive, wander in). (various references) | |
Greek | παίρνω (bear away, carry off, clear away, collect, contract, derive, take, take in), αποκτώ (acquire, come by, gain, get into, obtain, obtain from, procure). (various references) | |
Guarani | ko'ê (morning, to get up in the morning). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | gen (have, there is). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | mërrij (arrive, end up), arrij (arrive, end up). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לקבל (accept, acquire, come by, obtain, receive, take, take on). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elér (accomplish, achieve, attain, gain, get at, get hold of, got, made, overtake, reach, to attain, to chalk up, to come up with, to get, to make, to realize). (various references) | |
Icelandic | fá (have, have/get, receive). (various references) | |
Indonesian | merengkuh (attain, gain, obtain, reach), mendapat (find, gain, need, realize, reap, receive), memperoleh (acquire, attain, obtain, procure), memperdapatkan (obtain). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | annuqaaqluni (to get dressed). (various references) | |
Irish | tar (arrive, come, end up), rÚinigh (arrive, end up), faigh. (various references) | |
Italian | ricevere (accept, be at home to, entertain, grant audience to, have, obtain, read, receive, receives, take, welcome), prendere (assume, be taken, buy, captivate, capture, catch, charge, earn, employ, engage, fetch, gather, grapple, grasp, grip, have, lay, lay hold of, pick up, seize, subsume, take, take along, to take), ottenere (achieve, arrive at, attain, fetch, gain, have, obtain, pick, pick up, procure, reach, score, touchdown, win), arrivare (accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, be reduced to, come, come about, end up, go as far as, go so far as, happen, occur, reach, receive, roll in, roll up, to arrive), diventare (be, become, go, grow, make, make oneself, run, turn), cogliere (catch, cull, gather, hit, Nick, overtake, pick, pick off, pluck, snatch, take). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 頂戴 (being given, please do for me, reception). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ちょうだい (being given, great length, please do for me, reception, very long). (various references) | |
Korean | 얻으십시요. (various references) | |
Luganda | otuukayo (get there), okulagirirwa (to get directions). (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | kréien, kréie. (various references) | |
Macedonian | da se obleche (to get dressed). (various references) | |
Malay | terima (accept, have, receive, take, take in), menerima (accept, have, receive, take, take in), mencapai (accomplish, achieve, attain, reach), capai (accomplish, achieve, attain, reach), ambil ... mengambil (bring, fetch, pick up). (various references) | |
Manx | geddyn (acquire, acquisition, beget, derive, get off, obtain, procurement), fow (buzz off, find, walk away), feddyn (acquire, acquisition, duct, find, locate, obtain, strike). (various references) | |
Maori | kaakakahu-ria (to get dressed). (various references) | |
Maya | kuux-il (to get angry), koha'anchah (to get sick), keekenchah (to get dirty), buukint (to get dressed), ayiktal (to get rich), aakabtal (to get dark). (various references) | |
Mohawk | -tketskwas (to get up). (various references) | |
Norwegian | få (few, have, receive), bli (be, become, come about, grow, happen, stay). (various references) | |
Occitan | obténer. (various references) | |
Papago | shelchuth (to get ready). (various references) | |
Papiamen | yega (arrive, end up), optené (achieve, acquire, attain, obtain), haya (achieve, acquire, attain, find, have, obtain, receive), haña (achieve, acquire, attain, find, have, obtain, receive), bira (become, come about, grow, happen), atkirí (achieve, acquire, attain, obtain), alkansá (accomplish, achieve, attain, reach), akohé (have, receive). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | get (to get). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etgay.(various references) | |
Polish | zostać (become, grow), wziąć (lay hold of, pick up, take), uzyskać (accomplish, achieve, attain, reach), stawać się (become, come about, grow, happen), skłaniać do czegoś (cause, make), przyjechać (arrive, end up), przyjść (arrive, end up), otrzymać (have, receive), osiągać (accomplish, achieve, attain, reach), czynić czymś (cause, make), brać (lay hold of, pick up, take). (various references) | |
Portuguese | receber (accept, collect, derive, do, entertain, have, meet, reap, receive, salute, take in, welcome), obter (accomplish, accrue, achieve, acquire, attain, come to, derive, draw, drew, gain, gather, have, make, obtain, pot, procure, pump up, purchase, pursue, reach, receive, secure, to obtain), adquirir (achieve, acquire, attain, buy, earn, filibeg, gather, make, obtain, pick, pick up, procure, purchase), atingir (accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, catch, culminate, gain, get around, get hold of, hit, import, measure up to, overtake, reach, run, run across, run to, smite, strike, touch), arranjar (accomodate, achieve, acquire, adjust, arrange, calculate, catch, collate, curry, do, do up, dress, fare, figure out, filibeg, find, fix, fix up, lay, lay out, make, nib, obtain, order, organize, patch, pick, pick up, pitch, place, prepare, procure, put in order, remake, schedule, settle, size, square up, tidy, titivate, to arrange, trim). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | tomar (to drink, to get, to have, to take), sair (to get out, to go out), pegá-los (get them), ficar (to get, to stay), acercam-se (get close to each other). (various references) | |
Provencal | se vestir (to get dressed). (various references) | |
Quechua | reqsinakuycheq (get to know one another). (various references) | |
Romanian | sosi (arrive, be in, come, come down, come in, end up, go in, land), primi (accept, derive, draw, embrace, entertain, have, let in, receive, take, take in), lua (acquire, assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clasp, clear away, confiscate, conquer, contact, contract, draw, extract, finger, form, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, keep off, lay hands on, lay hold of, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, snatch, start, take), deveni (become, come, come about, come of, go, go public, grow, happen, pass into, run, wax), ajunge (accede, accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, become, bump, come, do, end up, gain, hit, land, manage, overtake, reach, secure, suffice, that will do, touch). (various references) | |
Romansch | sa trair en (to get dressed), sa (to get angry). (various references) | |
Romany | astràv (to get). (various references) | |
Russian | брать (jump, lay hold of, obtain, pick up, seize, take, take in, take on, taken), получать (acquire, charge back, derive, gain, got, got [], gotten, have, make, obtain, receive, relish, score a, score an, take). (various references) | |
Samoan | e fai ofu (to get dressed). (various references) | |
Scottish | faigh (find, find : faigh as air, get away from him, have, receive). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zadobiti (gain, obtain, receive, win over), uzeti (hire, pick up, take, take away), uhvatiti (capture, catch his eye, collar, grab, grasp, grip, lay hold of, net, run down, seize), stići (arrive, catch up, come, get in, pull in, reach, reach out), steći (acquire, gain, receive, win), shvatiti (apprehend, apprise, apprize, catch, catch on, comprehend, conceive, figure out, grasp, realize, sense, tumble, twig, understand), postati (become, originate), imati (have, own, possess), dobiti (acquire, get hold of, get in, obtain, receive, win), dobijati (receive). (various references) | |
Shona | -tora (to get). (various references) | |
Sicilian | pigghiari (to get). (various references) | |
Slovene | dobimo (we get), dobim (I get). (various references) | |
Spanish | obtener (achieve, acquire, attain, bring off, come by, derive, earn, elicit, extract, get in, have, jump on, land, obtain, poll, procure, receive, secure, take out), recibir (bow smb. in, greet, have, live, receive, see, take, take in, welcome), llegar (arrive, blow in, break through, bring up, catch, come, come across, come in, come of, come over, come round, come through, dock, draw in, end up, get around, get in, immigrate, infiltrate, invade, jockey, land, last out, pass, pull in, reach, ride up, roll along, roll in, roll up, spend, throw out, to arrive, top off, touch down, travel, turn up, vaporize), coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lay hold of, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, seize, take, take on, take out, take up, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), buscar (ferret, fetch, forage for, go after, home in on, Hunt, hunt for, hunt out, hunt up, investigate, lay hold of, look, look for, look out, look out for, look round, look up, pick, pick up, prospect for, pursue, quest, scout for, scrounge around for, search, search after, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, take, to look for, turn up), ir por (fetch, go for, pick up, take), hacerse (become, come about, form, go, go through, grow, grow into, grow out, happen, live, turn about, turn around, wax), conseguir (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, bring off, come by, compass, enlist, gain, get hold of, getting, land, obtain, procure, pull off, purchase, put across, put over, score, succeed, walk in, win). (various references) | |
Sranan | tron (become, come about, grow, happen), teki (lay hold of, pick up, take), kon (arrive, become, come, come about, end up, grow, happen), kisi (box, chest, have, receive), doro (arrive, door, end up, sift). (various references) | |
Swazi | kú-tfóla (to get), kú-gcoko (to get dressed). (various references) | |
Swedish | få (a few, acquire, be able to, be allowed to, be given, bring, bring about, can, catch, could, derive, earn, few, gain, get to, getting, have, have got to, have to, keep, lead, litter, make, may, might, obtain, receive, score, send, take, will, win), bliva (become, bli, bocome, come out, come true, fall, go, grow, make, remain, run, turn, wax), skaffa (acquire, attain, do, find, furnish, make, obtain, procure, provide wuth, secure, supply), lätta (alleviate, alleviated, clear, clear away, disencumber, ease, ease off, ease up, facilitate, lift, lighten, lighter, unburden), bli (be, become, come about, come out, come true, fall, go, grow, happen, make, remain, run, to be or not to be, turn, wax). (various references) | |
Tagalog | tanggapín (accept, have, receive, take, take in), nagíing (become, come about, grow, happen), makuha, kúnin (lay hold of, pick up, take), dumatíng (arrive, end up). (various references) | |
Thai | เข้าใจ (conceive, dig, digest, fathom, make, puzzle out, see, seize, suss, take), เจริญ, ได้, ทำให้พอใจ (humor), มาถึง (arrive, reach), มีอิทธิพลต่อ. (various references) | |
Turkish | varmak (approach, arrive, arrive at, attain, come at, come to, end up, get at, get to, go into, hit, make, reach), olmak (be, be situated, become, befall, come about, come off, come over, eventuate, exist, fare, go, go on, grow, hap, happen, hatch, have, hit, mature, occur, take place, turn), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gowularmak (get better), gahar gelmek (get angry), gaяratlanmak (buck up, get gutsy), ganymatlaюmak (get better), garjaюmak (confused, get mixed up), garraюmak (get a little older), gazaplanmak.Turkmen/English Dictiona (get angry), gдzlemek (get dirty), gцnenmek (benefit, get pleasure), gьne яanmak (get sunburnt), gowzalmak (decrease, get rid of), guruюmak (get numb), gьm bol! owarra! (get out of here!), зigmek (get entangled, get tied up, stuck in a knot), turuzmak (get up, make stand, wake someone, waken), uяgunlaюmak (get used to), ezilmek (be oppressed, get wet, moisten), dynmak (finish, get out of), dyndarmak (escape, get out of), dykyzlanmak (get packed), durmak (be still, get up, stand), deprenmek (be taken with, get a kick out of), dazarylmak (come down on, get tough with), taяynalmak (get ready), зolaюmak (become entangled, get confused, mixed up), sypmak (escape, get rid of, release), зigilmek (get tied up in knots), зaсjarmak (get dusty), зaсamak (get dusty), bulaюmak (get dirty, get tangled and confused), bцlьюmek (get done), bizar bolmak (be driven crazy, get sick of, grow tired of), azmak (get spoiled), azaюmak (get lost), atarmak (get started (about cooking)), arryklamak (get skinny), aюyrmak (get across), зorlamak (get dirty), hapalanmak (get dirty), namartlamak (be afraid, get cold feet), цwreniюmek (become accustomed, get used to), цяlenmek (get married (for a man only)), цjьkmek (become furious, get mad), mьnmek (board, get on, mount), lejikmek (get tired), kirlemek (get dirty), jyda dьюmek (get better), iсrik garalmak (get dark), ileri (get better), tataюmak (get inflamed, inflame), hasaplaюmak (get even with, settle accounts). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спіймати (capture, catch, cop, hunt down, nobble, recapture, seize, snaffle), геть (avaunt, away, beat it, begone, get out, hence, out, out upon you), одержувати (acquire, attain, derive, gain, obtain, pull, receive, resume), мусити (must), зрозуміти (apprehend, catch, comprehend, conceive, grasp, gripe, twig), зв'язуватися, заразитися (become infected, catch), придбати, діставати (come by, obtain, procure, reach), доводити да свідомості, домагатися (aim, angle, aspire, busk, canvass, come after, covet, cry for, exact, go after, hunt for, obtain, pursue, solicit, woo). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cuộc họp mặt (get-together, round-up), cuộc gặp mặt (get-together), cuộc gặp gỡ (get-together), có thể tới gần được (get-at-able). (various references) | |
Welsh | cael (acquire, find, have, receive). (various references) | |
Xhosa | uzakulifumana (You will get). (various references) | |
Yucatec | k'uchul (arrive, end up), k'amik (have, receive), bisik (lay hold of, pick up, take). (various references) | |
Zulu | -theleka (arrive, end up), -thatha (lay hold of, pick up, take), -landa (fetch, pick up), -finyela (arrive, end up), -fika (arrive, come, end up). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acquiro, adepto, adquiratis, adquire, adquirendi, adquirendo, adquirent, adquireret, adquisisti, adquisivi, adquisivit, fer, feram, feramur, ferant, feras, ferat, ferebant, ferebantur, ferebanturque, ferebat, ferebatur, feremus, ferens, ferent, ferente, ferentem, ferentes, feret, feretis, ferque, ferre, ferrent, ferret, ferri, fers, fert, ferte, fertis, fertur, ferunt, introferrent, lata, latam, late, latum, latus, nanctus, pario, quaero, quaero quero, quaero, quero, tracta, traham, trahas, trahat, trahe, trahebant, trahebat, trahemus, trahens, trahentes, trahentium, trahere, trahi, trahitis, trahitur, traho, traho, traxi, tractum, trahunt, trahuntur, traxerunt, traxi, traxit, tulerant, tulerat, tulere, tulerim, tuleris, tulerit, tuleritis, tulero, tulerunt, tuleruntque, tuli, tulimus, tulimusque, tulique, tulissent, tulisset, tulisti, tulistis, tulit, tulitque. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | begietan, gegongan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh paradwV oikethn eiV ceiraV despotou mhpote katarashtai se kai afanisqhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ne accuses servum ad dominum suum ne forte maledicat tibi et corruas |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ne acuse thou a seruaunt to his lord, lest par auenture he curse to thee, and thou falle. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ayaw pagbutangbutang sa usa ka sulogoon ngadto sa iyang agalon, Tingali unya siya manghimaraut kanimo, ug ikaw pagailhon nga sad-an. |
| Chinese | 你 不 要 向 主 人 讒 謗 僕 人 、 恐 怕 他 咒 詛 你 、 你 便 算 為 有 罪 。 |
| Croatian | Ne klevetaj sluge gospodaru njegovu, jer bi te mogao kleti i ti morao okajati. |
| Danish | Bagtal ikke en Træl for hans Herre, at han ikke forbander dig, så du må bøde. |
| Dutch | Achterklap niet van den knecht bij zijn heer, opdat hij u niet vloeke, en gij schuldig wordt. |
| Finnish | Älä kieli palvelijasta hänen herrallensa; muutoin hän sinut kiroaa, ja sinä saat siitä kärsiä. |
| French | Ne calomnie pas un serviteur auprès de son maître, De peur qu`il ne te maudisse et que tu ne te rendes coupable. |
| German | Verleumde den Knecht nicht bei seinem Herrn, daß er dir nicht fluche und du die Schuld tragen müssest. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Pa janm pale yon domestik mal devan mèt li. L'a madichonnen ou, l'a fè ou peye bouch ou. |
| Hungarian | Ne rágalmazd a szolgát az õ uránál, hogy meg ne átkozzon téged, és bûnhõdnöd ne kelljen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jangan memfitnah seorang hamba pada tuannya, nanti engkau disumpahi dan dianggap bersalah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Janganlah mengumpat seorang hamba kepada tuannya, supaya jangan dikutukinya akan dikau dan engkau sendiripun bersalah. |
| Italian | Non calunniare lo schiavo presso il padrone, perché egli non ti maledica e tu non ne porti la pena. |
| Maori | ¶ Kaua e korerotia te pononga ki tona ariki, kei kanga ia i a koe, a ko koe e he. |
| Norwegian | Baktal ikke en tjener for hans herre, forat han ikke skal banne dig, og du dra skyld over dig! |
| Portuguese | Não calunies o servo diante de seu senhor, para que ele não te amaldiçoe e fiques tu culpado. |
| Rumanian | Nu cleveti pe un slujitor la stqpknul lui, ca sq nu te blesteme wi sq te faci vinovat. - |
| Russian | оЕ ЪМПУМПЧШ ТБВБ РТЕД ЗПУРПДЙОПН ЕЗП, ЮФПВЩ ПО ОЕ РТПЛМСМ ФЕВС, Й ФЩ ОЕ ПУФБМУС ЧЙОПЧБФЩН. |
| Spanish | No difames al siervo ante su señor; no sea que te maldiga, y seas hallado culpable. |
| Swedish | Förtala icke en tjänare inför hans herre; han kunde eljest förbanna dig, så att du stode där med skam. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "get": geta, getable, getas, getatable, getaway, getaways, gets, gettable, getter, gettered, gettering, getters, getting, getup, getups. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "get": beget, budget, drugget, fidget, forget, fussbudget, gadget, garget, gorget, hogget, midget, nidget, nontarget, nugget, parget, pledget, retarget, target, widget. (additional references) | |
Words containing "get": altogether, altogethers, analgetic, analgetics, apologetic, apologetically, apologetics, begets, begetter, begetters, begetting, biggety, bioenergetic, bioenergetics, budgetary, budgeted, budgeteer, budgeteers, budgeter, budgeters, budgeting, budgets, chigetai, chigetais, courgette, courgettes, druggets, energetic, energetically, energetics, epexegetic, epexegetical, epexegetically, exegete, exegetes, exegetic, exegetical, exegetist, exegetists, fidgeted, fidgeter, fidgeters, fidgetiness, fidgetinesses, fidgeting, fidgets, fidgety, forgetful, forgetfully, forgetfulness, forgetfulnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Get" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agett, egat, egb, eget, Egeth, egh, egit, egot, egt, egw, ett, fgeet, gaet, gaetz, gata, gatc, gath, gato, gaty, gawt, gbe-tv, gea, gec, geef, geeh, gef, geg, geh, Geht, geit, gek, geot, gep, gept, geq, ger, gert, gerty, gest, gete, geti, geto, gett, getta, gettp, getty, gety, geu, gev, gew, gex, gey, gez, gfe, gfet, Ggat, ggt, gheg, gher, ghet, gic, Giech, giet, gih, giht, gij, giq, gita, gitt, gitz, giw, gje, gleet, glt, gnet, gnt, goet, Gotb, goti, gott, govt, Gowt, goyt, gret, gretl, grett, Gretz, grt, grtt, gse, gst, gt, gta, gte, gtt, gueft, guet, guta, guth, guto, gutt, gw, gyeet, gyt, iet, sget, uet, Uget, Ugte. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "get" (pronounced ge"t or gi"t) |
| 3 | g e" t | beget, forget. |
| 2 | -e" t | anisette, abet, barbette, barrette, beset, bet, Brunet, brunette, cabriolet, cadet, calumet, cassette, cigarette, clarinet, cornet, coronet, corvette, debt, diskette, duet, et, Falconet, flageolet, fret, Gazette, georgette, jet, kitchenette, let, Luncheonette, met, minaret, minuet, net, nett, octet, offset, pet, pipette, pirouette, preset, quartet, quintet, regret, reset, Ret, rosette, roulette, set, Sextet, silhouette, sobriquet, statuette, Stet, suffragette, sweat, tet, threat, unmet, unset, upset, vedette, vet, vignette, wet, whet, yet, yett. |
| 2 | -i" t | acquit, admit, befit, bit, brit, Britt, chit, commit, emit, fit, flit, grit, hit, it, kit, knit, lit, mitt, nit, omit, permit, pit, presplit, quit, readmit, refit, remit, resubmit, sit, skit, slit, Smit, spit, split, submit, transmit, unfit, whit, wit, writ. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: teg. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-t" | |
-1 letter: et. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-t" | |
+1 letter: gate, gelt, gent, gest, geta, gets, tegs. | |
+2 letters: agate, agent, aglet, begat, beget, begot, egest, egret, eight, ergot, gated, gates, geest, gelts, gemot, genet, gents, geste, gests, getas, getup, gleet, godet, grate, great, greet, guest, legit, retag, stage, targe, tegua, tenge, terga, teugh, thegn, tiger, tinge, togae, togue. | |
+3 letters: agates, ageist, agents, aglets, agnate, aiglet, aigret, argent, augite, baguet, begets, begirt, budget, cogent, cygnet, degust, digest, dotage, eaglet, eating, egesta, egests, egoist, egrets, eighth, eights, eighty, elegit, engirt, englut, ergate, ergots, feting, fidget, forget, gadget, gaiety, gaited, gaiter, gallet, gamest, gamete, gannet, garget, garnet, garote, garret, garter, gasket, gasted, gaster, gateau, gather, gayest, gayety, geests, gelant, gelate, gelati, gelato, gemote, gemots, genets, gentes, gentil, gentle, gently, gentoo, gentry, gerent, gestes, gestic, getter, getups, ghetto, gibbet, giblet, gifted, giglet, gimlet, girted, gleets, gleety, glutei, gluten, goatee, gobbet, goblet, godets, goglet, goiter, goitre, gorget, gotten, grated, grater, grates, greats, greets, grivet, guests, guglet, gullet, gunite, gurnet, gusset, gusted, guttae, gutted, gutter, guttle, gyrate, height, hogget, hogtie, hugest, ignite, ingate, ingest, jugate, legate, legato, legist, legits, length, ligate, magnet, metage, meting, midget, negate, nidget, nugget, nutmeg, orgeat, outage, outbeg, parget, piglet, potage, regent, regilt, reglet, regret, retags, rugate, sagest, signet, staged, stager, stages, stagey, stodge, stogey, stogie, stooge, tagged, tagger, tanged, tangle, targes, target, teeing, tegmen, teguas, telega, tergal, tergum, tewing, thegns, tieing, tigers, tinged, tinges, tingle, toeing, togaed, togate, togged, toggle, togues, tonged, tonger, tongue, towage, triage, trudge, tugged, tugger, twinge, urgent, vegete, weight, widget, wiglet, zygote. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Company Usage 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Abbreviations 24. Acronyms | 25. Derivations 26. Rhymes 27. Anagrams 28. Bibliography |
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