Obtain

Definitions: Obtain

Obtain

Verb

1. Come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?".

2. 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".

3. Be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds".

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

Date "obtain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Obtain

Acquisition

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

Profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket; (wealth).

Deception

Cog, cog the dice, load the dice, stack the deck; live by one's wits, play at hide and seek; obtain money under false pretenses; (steal); conjure, juggle, practice chicanery; deacon.

Existence

Verb: exist, be; have being; Noun: subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur; (event); have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.

Learning

Verb: learn; acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning.

Liberation

Gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape.

Stealing

Swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits.

Success

Triumph, be triumphant; gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage; chain victory to one's car; nail a coonskin to the wall.

Crosswords: Obtain

I'm looking for a love-potion aerosol, that I can spray on a certain Penthouse Pet, to obtain her total submission. (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

Course happened to have the proper access needed to obtain a small vial (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus)

We spent our whole youth to obtain wealth, and our whole wealth to obtain youth. (references; author: unknown)

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

Books

• College Credit Without Classes: How to Obtain Academic Credit for What You Already Know (reference)

• Divorce Forms for Washington: Complete Forms Necessary to Obtain Your Divorce: to Be Used in Conjunctionwith the Divorce Guide for Washington comple (reference)

• Guidelines for Maximizing Your Company's Public Relations Campaign: How to Obtain Free Publicity from the Trade Press (reference)

• How Did We Get So Fat?: A Guide for Those Who Want to Safely Obtain Their Weight Goals (reference)

• How to Obtain Abundant Clean Energy (reference)

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

Shown is a laboratory setting and a piece of equipment that allows scientists to obtain interferon by conventional means. Presently this means growing human cells. Only the piece of equipment is visible.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Doctor sitting at his office desk accessing PDQ on his IBM computer. The Physicians Data Query was designed by the National Cancer Institute to help physicians obtain information about the most up-to-date protocols, physicians, and clinics treating cancer patients.Credit: Ernie Branson (photographer).

Graphic demonstrating Radio Acoustic Ranging (RAR) Developed in 1923, RAR was the first non-visual navigation system Combined velocity of sound in water with radio to obtain fix.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Figure 13. Negretti and Zambra thermometer, 1878 model. This instrument is the direct ancestor of most reversing thermometers used up to this time. This was the first instrument to break the column of mercury after reversing to obtain the reading. It was entirely enclosed in a double envelope of glass to eliminate pressure effects.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Elk grazed on this aspen tree in winter to obtain nutrients. Chamas, New Mexico.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Conducting flight operations in the Virginia Capes area on 14 January 1953, "to obtain a critical evaluation of the operational suitability of canted flight decks as a primary means of operating carrier aircraft" (quoted from the original caption). Antietam had just returned to service following installation of the then-experimental angled ("canted") flight deck. A F9F "Panther" jet fighter has just left the angled deck, just forward of her midships elevator. Other planes (all jet fighters) parked on deck include F9F "Cougars" (forward), F2H "Banshees" and an FJ "Fury" (immediately forward of the ship's island).Credit: NAVY.

The vision. Political hydrophiobia, shewing the comfort of crowns, and how to obtain them.Credit: Library of Congress.

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Pig iron such as this is a major ingredient of steel. Blast furnaces have smelted down the iron ore to obtain the pig iron used in all three types of steel furnaces: open hearth, Bessemer converter, and electric.Credit: Library of Congress.

One of the essential materials in the making of life preservers for our navy is kapok, which we obtain in quantity only from the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. Here it has been baled and is ready for shipment from a Dutch East Indies plantation.Credit: Library of Congress.

Westley, California. Migrant family in Farm Security Administration camp. Unable to obtain work in pea fields because of labor surplus in height of season.Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In the first place we have granted to God, and by this our present charter confirmed for us and our heirs forever that the English Church shall be free, and shall have her rights entire, and her liberties inviolate; and we will that it be thus observed; which is apparent from this that the freedom of elections, which is reckoned most important and very essential to the English Church, we, of our pure and unconstrained will, did grant, and did by our charter confirm and did obtain the ratification of the same from our lord, Pope Innocent III, before the quarrel arose between us and our barons: and this we will observe, and our will is that it be observed in good faith by our heirs forever. (reference)

The Allied and Associated Powers formally reserve the rights of Russia to obtain from Germany restitution and reparation based on the principles of the present Treaty. (reference)

The Communist parties, which were very small in all these Eastern States of Europe, have been raised to pre-eminence and power far beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to obtain totalitarian control. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It was therefore a serious matter for each household to obtain its supply of water.

There is but one way to obtain it, yet few take that way.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

A spinal tap may be performed to obtain fluid to study these factors. (references)

Pregnant patients appear to be motivated to obtain genetic information. (references)

In lumbar puncture, doctors obtain a small sample of cerebrospinal fluid. (references)

Business

For most of the 1990�s, high real interest rates made credits hard to obtain. (references)

Sithe Asia became the first foreign company to obtain 2 power plants in Korea. (references)

Only firms meeting the BCA requirements are allowed to obtain tender documents. (references)

Children

Morocco

Civil status is necessary to obtain a birth certificate, passport, or marriage license. (references)

Korea

Education is compulsory through the age of 15, and most children obtain a good secondary education. (references)

Jordan

Students must obtain a good behavior certificate from the GID in order to qualify for admission under the university quota system. (references)

Civil Liberties

Egypt

Refugees generally may not obtain citizenship. (references)

Solomon Islands

Demonstrators must obtain permits, which generally are granted. (references)

Cyprus

All visitors must obtain a formal "TRNC visa" to enter the north. (references)

Discrimination

Vietnam

Some military veterans of the pre-l975 government still face economic hardship as a result of past employment restrictions and discrimination, but none are known still to be incarcerated for their activities before 1975. These veterans and their families generally are unable to obtain employment with the Government. (references)

Economic History

St. Kitts and Nevis

The PAM party was unable to obtain a seat. (references)

Kenya

The goal is to obtain new technology and know-how. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

It is difficult for women to obtain legal redress. (references)

Maldives

They are not required to obtain warrants for arrests. (references)

Djibouti

Prisoners reportedly must pay authorities to obtain food. (references)

Indigenous People

Honduras

Failure to obtain legal redress frequently causes indigenous groups to attempt to regain land through invasions of private property, which usually provoke the authorities into retaliating forcefully. (references)

Dominica

There are credible reports of discrimination against Carib women who are married to, or who live with, non-Carib men, making it difficult for such couples to obtain permits to build homes within the reservation. (references)

Cameroon

An estimated 95 percent of Pygmies did not have national identity cards; most Pygmies can not afford or provide the necessary documentation to obtain the identification, which is required to vote in national elections. (references)

Minorities

Kuwait

Once documented, bidoon are able to obtain residency permits and other official papers. (references)

Korea

Thus ethnic Chinese born and resident in Korea obtain citizenship only with great difficulty. (references)

Croatia

Non-Croats must satisfy more stringent requirements through naturalization to obtain citizenship. (references)

Political Economy

ARGENTINA

Firms need not obtain permission to invest in Argentina. (references)

Kuwait

Men must obtain government approval to marry foreign-born women. (references)

Uruguay

To win, a presidential candidate must obtain a minimum of 51 percent of the votes cast. (references)

Political Rights

Madagascar

Some voters were unable to obtain the special documents that would have permitted them to vote. (references)

Tajikistan

A cumbersome registration process required candidates to obtain large numbers of signatures during a short period of time. (references)

Marshall Islands

Women's cultural responsibilities and traditionally passive roles and the generally early age of pregnancies can make it difficult for women to obtain political qualifications or experience. (references)

Trade

China

Import licenses are not easy to obtain. (references)

Costa Rica

The Costa Rican importer must obtain the permits. (references)

Luxembourg

It is also vital to obtain sound legal advice in each country. (references)

Travel

Luxembourg

Resident visas are difficult to obtain for non-EU citizens. (references)

Ecuador

Those planning a longer visit must obtain a visa in advance. (references)

Uae

As of July 2001, US visitors can obtain a visa at point of entry. (references)

Women

Algeria

For example, a woman must obtain a father's approval to marry. (references)

Algeria

Husbands generally obtain the right to the family's home in the case of divorce. (references)

Senegal

Moreover traditional practices make it difficult for women to obtain bank credit. (references)

Worker Rights

Cyprus

Estimates on the extent of the problem are difficult to obtain. (references)

Armenia

Reliable information on trafficking has been difficult to obtain. (references)

Belize

Effective redress is extremely difficult to obtain in such situations. (references)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "obtain": obtain a diploma ♦ obtain a divorce ♦ obtain a doctorate ♦ obtain a ready admission ♦ obtain a signature ♦ obtain bachelor's degree ♦ obtain best results than ♦ obtain by force ♦ obtain by fraud ♦ obtain by petitioning ♦ obtain information ♦ obtain knowledge ♦ obtain one's object ♦ obtain permission ♦ obtain permission by request ♦ obtain permission from ♦ obtain reward ♦ obtain smth. by force ♦ obtain through good management ♦ obtain under false pretenses ♦ obtain university degree ♦ obtain what one has begged for ♦ try to obtain. Additional references.

Afrikaan

verwerf (achieve, acquire, attain, get), behaal (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, earn, gain, get, reach, win). (various references)

Albanian

siguroj (acquire, assure, avouch, bear, certify, come by, cover, ensure, find, fit out, furnish, guy, haven, house, indemnify, insure, keep, lock up, procure, provide, purvey, reassure, satisfy, secure, supply, take care of, underwrite, vouch, warrant, win), pajisem me (take out), përdorem, marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in, take out), gjej (ascertain, assure, be, be present, catch, come across, dig up, discover, distil, distill, divine, fetch, figure out, find, find out, get, guess, hit, hunt down, hunt out, hunt up, look out, meet with, pick out, procure, root out, scare up, search out, trace), fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, command, earn, fight down, gain, gain upon, get, get the best of, make, net, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, realize, score, score off, take, touch, win), ekzistoj (be, exist, inhere, lie, live, prevail), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاز (achieve, attain, be successful, beat, defeat, gain, get, overcome, prevail, succeed, triumph over, win, win out), ‏كسب (acquire, acquiring, acquisition, attain, earn, earning, gain, gaining, get, get smth. off one's hands, harvest, obtaining, prize, profit, reap, win, winning), ‏حقق (achieve, attain, check, consummate, effectuate, fulfil, fulfill, get on, implement, inquire, prize, probe, produce, quest, realize, search closely, see, slate, take, work out), ‏حصل (acquire, angle, get, procure, secure), ‏تحصل (gain, procure, secure, snaffle, take out), ‏أحرز (achieve, acquire, attain, get hold of), ‏راج سوقه (prevail). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съществувам (be, exist, kick around, live, subsist), снабдявам се с (secure), спечелвам (acquire, attach, carry off, engage, enlist, fetch, gain, get, get the best of it, land, make, pot, profit, purchase, win, win through), сдобивам се с (acquire, latch, procure), преобладавам (preponderate, preside, prevail, reign), получавам (derive, gain, get, have, receive, touch, turn), добивам (acquire, assume, extract, fetch, get, mine, start, win). (various references)

Chinese 

获得 (Attain, Attained, Attaining, Obtained, Obtaining, Procure, Procured, Procurement, Procuring), 謀取 (seek, try to gain), 博 (aim, ample, and a half, extensive, half, incomplete, plentiful, rich, semi-, to gamble, to get, to win), 得出 (arrive at), 得 (a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect, allow, contented, degree or possibility, finished, gain, get, must, ought to, permit, proper, proud, ready, suitable, to have to, to need to). (various references)

Czech

opatřit (fit out, furnish, get, procure, provide, purvey, raise, stock, store, supply, take out), obstarat (get, procure, purvey), obdržet (get, have, receive), získat (acquire, cajole, capture, carry off, come by, conciliate, drum up, elicit, enlist, gain, get, make, notch up, pick up, piece up, procure, pull, raise, score, secure, take, win), převládat (dominate, predominate, prevail), dostat (be given, come by, concede, contract, develop, get, have, receive, to reach). (various references)

Danish

sikre en bedre udnyttelse af landbrugsprodukter (to obtain the best return for agricultural products), S54 (obtain the consent of pollution control authorities before discharging to wastewater treatment plants), Raadet kan forud indhente en udtalelse fra Domstolen om... (the Council may obtain beforehand the opinion of the Court of Justice as to...), princippet i boring med luftblanding gaar ud paa at injicere vand eller borevaeske og komprimeret luft,saaledes at der i ringrummet opnaas en emulsion af en saadan karakter,at der nye tryk ud for spildzonerne opvejer formationstrykket i disse zoner (such that the new pressure exerted at the loss zone is in balance with the formation pressure, the principle of drilling with aerated mud is to inject water or mud and compressed air in such a way as to obtain in the annulus an emulsion), malmforarbejdningen har til formaal at skaffe sorterede produkter,hvoraf man kan faa en charge med ensartet kornstoerrelse (the preparation of ores provides graded products which make it possible to obtain a charge of uniform granulometry), kort til koeb af billetter til nedsat pris (card entitling holder to obtain tickets at reduced fare), koldvalsning anvendes enten som en formgivningsoperation for at opnaa gode tykkelsestolerancer og en smuk overflade eller som et middel til at forande pladens mekaniske eller magnetiske egenskaber (cold rolling is employed either as a shaping operation to obtain good thickness tolerances and a good surface, or as a means of modifying the mechanical or magnetic properties of sheet material), indhent forureningskontrolmyndighedernes tilladelse inden udledning til spildevandsrensningsanlæg (obtain the consent of pollution control authorities before discharging to wastewater treatment plants), for trods omdannelsestraegheden at opnaa en ferritisk-perlitisk struktur,afkoeles staalet paa forudbestemt maade:luftafkoeling til 670 grader C,2 timers holdetid og derefter luftafkoeling (held at 670 C for 2 h and then air cooled, in order to obtain a ferrite-pearlite structure, in spite of the slow transformation rate, the steel must be cooled), evne til at danne homogene blandinger (ability to obtain homogeneous mixtures), erholde denne skadeserstatning (to obtain redress), en saadan foretrukken orientering kan foelges op helt fra den stoebte tilstand for at opnaa saerlige magnetiske egenskaber efter valsning (this kind of preferred orientation might be sought after in the as-cast state so as to obtain exceptional magnetic properties after rolling), arealet under den sande arbejdslinie repraesenterer det arbejde, der er noedvendigt for at opnaa en given deformation (the area subtended by the true stress - true strain curve denotes the work needed to obtain a given deformation). (various references)

Dutch

buit maken (achieve, acquire, attain, get, plunder, rob). (various references)

Esperanto

akiri (acquire, attain, get). (various references)

Faeroese

fáa (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, be able, be able to, get, harvest, have, provide, reach, receive), útvega (achieve, acquire, attain, employ, get, hire, provide, recruit). (various references)

Farsi 

فراهم کردن (Get), گرفتن (Capture, Catch, Cease, Circle, Detract, Devest, Educe, Engage, Front, Grab, Gripe, Hold, Kindle, Nail, Obturate, Pickup, Snatch, Take, Wed), بدست اوردن (Acquire, Attain, Catch, Earn, Enter, Gain, Get, Have, Impetrate, Procure, Reap, Win). (various references)

Finnish

hankkia (achieve, acquire, attain, furnish deliver, get, procure, provide, secure, supply). (various references)

French

procurer, obtenir. (various references)

German

erhalten (be awarded, be given, conserve, get, have, keep, maintain, obtained, poll, preserve, recd, receive, support, sustain, to achieve, to conceive, to conserve, to obtain), bekommen (agree with, be awarded, be given, catch, develop, do good, expect, gain, get, get in, get off, getting, gotten, have, line up, pick up, reap, receive, score, take, take on, throw, to obtain, win). (various references)

Greek 

προμηθεύομαι (fuel, get), αποκτώ (acquire, come by, gain, get, get into, obtain from, procure). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשרור (dominate, prevail, reign, rule), לקבל (accept, acquire, come by, get, receive, take, take on), להשיג (accomplish, achieve, acquire, angle, attain, catch hold of, come by, comprehend, fetch, gain, get hold of, grasp, land, procure, question, reach, secure), לרכוש (acquire, appropriate, catch hold of, collect, come by, get hold of, pick up, procure, purchase, secure), לסגל (accommodate, acquire, adapt, adjust, conform, fit). (various references)

Hungarian

szerez (acquire, come by, gain, take, to addle, to chalk up, to come by, to drum up, to pick up, to rabbit, to realize), megszerez (achieve, acquire, attain, evict, get, procure, take out, to attain, to clinch, to corral, to evict, to purchase, to take out), hozzájut valamihez (come by), elõteremt. (various references)

Indonesian

merengkuh (attain, gain, get, reach), memperoleh (acquire, attain, get, procure), memperdapatkan (get), dapat (be able, be obtained, can, may). (various references)

Italian

procurare (acquire, afford, bring, cater, do, get, procure), ottenere (achieve, arrive at, attain, fetch, gain, get, have, pick, pick up, procure, reach, score, touchdown, win), conseguire (achieve, attain, deduct, ensue, follow, gain, reach, result). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

収める (to accept, to obtain, to pay, to reap, to supply). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おさめる (to accept, to complete, to cultivate, to govern, to manage, to master, to obtain, to order, to pay, to reap, to repair, to study, to subdue, to supply), しおやき (boiling sea water to obtain salt, boiling seawater to get salt, fish broiled with salt, grilled or broiled with salt), ひをもとめる (to obtain the ratio), うる (to acquire, to obtain, to sell), かちとる (to exert oneself and win, to gain, to obtain, to secure, to win), いつわってかねをとる (to obtain money by fraud), りんぎしょ (draft plan circulated to obtain permission), ありつく (to come by, to find, to get, to obtain), みぎよつ (sumo hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left), てにいれる (to obtain, to procure), てにはいる (to come into possession of, to obtain), だんをとる (to get a black belt, to obtain a degree, to warm oneself). (various references)

Korean 

장악하십시요. (various references)

Manx

geddyn (acquire, acquisition, beget, derive, get, get off, procurement), feddyn (acquire, acquisition, duct, find, get, locate, strike). (various references)

Papiamen

optené (achieve, acquire, attain, get), haya (achieve, acquire, attain, find, get, have, receive), haña (achieve, acquire, attain, find, get, have, receive), atkirí (achieve, acquire, attain, get). (various references)

Pig Latin

obtainay

Portuguese

obter (accomplish, accrue, achieve, acquire, attain, come to, derive, draw, drew, gain, gather, get, have, make, pot, procure, procurement, pump up, purchase, pursue, reach, receive, secure, to obtain), adquirir (achieve, acquire, attain, buy, earn, filibeg, gather, get, make, pick, pick up, procure, purchase), arranjar (accomodate, achieve, acquire, adjust, arrange, calculate, catch, collate, curry, do, do up, dress, fare, figure up, filibeg, find, fix, fix up, get, lay, lay out, make, nib, 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

consiga. (various references)

Romanian

obţine (achieve, acquire, attain, coax, come by, elicit, find it easy to, get, poll, procure, realize, secure, take, whip), se folosi (avail oneself of, improve, partake of, profit, profit by, put forth, repair to), scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter), realiza (accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring off, compass, effect, effectuate, float, live, make, realize), procura (acquire, bear, bring, cause, find oneself, get, procure, raise, secure, supply), fi recunoscut, fi curent, fi în vigoare (be in force, be in operation), fi în uz, face rost de (get hold of, procure, secure), exista (be, breathe, exist, live, occur, prevail, run), dobândi (achieve, acquire, attain, come by, come into, derive, earn, find, gain, get, procure, secure, win), cãpãta (acquire, assume, coax, come by, come in for, come into, contract, derive, earn, find, get, make, pick up, purchase, receive, take on), câştiga (acquire, bear away, bear off, carry, carry off, clean, come by, conciliate, conquer, convert, draw the winner, earn, find, gain, gain smb. over, make, overcome, purchase, score, steal, sweep, take the cake, win). (various references)

Russian 

получать (acquire, charge back, derive, gain, get, got, got [], gotten, have, make, receive, relish, score a, score an, take). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadobiti (gain, get, receive, win over), smoći (find), skrpiti (acquire, make), izdejstvovati (finagle, put across, spring, swing), dobiti (acquire, get, get hold of, get in, receive, win), dobaviti (procure), biti u upotrebi. (various references)

Spanish

obtener (achieve, acquire, attain, bring off, come by, derive, earn, elicit, extract, get, get in, have, jump on, land, poll, procure, receive, secure, take out), procurarse (achieve, acquire, attain, buy, get, procure, purchase, take over), consequir (achieve, acquire, attain, get), alcanzar (accomplish, achieve, acquire, add up to, amount, arrive at, attain, carry, catch up, catch up with, come up with, do, gain, get, get at, hit, jockey, last out, make up on, overhaul, overtake, reach, throw in, throw out, touch, win, win through). (various references)

Swedish

vinna (acquire, attain, be ahead, conciliate, enlist, gain, overcome, score, secure, take, win, win out), skaffa (acquire, attain, do, find, furnish, get, make, procure, provide wuth, secure, supply), förvärva (achieve, acquire, aquire, attain, earn, gain, get), erhålla (derive, gain, get, procure, receive), anskaffa (buy, procure, purchase, purvey, take over). (various references)

Thai

ได้รับ (earn, gain, has, have, meet with). (various references)

Turkish

varolmak (endure), varlığını sürdürmek (subsist), sağlamak (accommodate, accommodate smb. with, arm, assure, carry, cater, cater for, come in, derive, enlist, ensure, extract, fend for, find, fix, fix up, furnish, get out of, implement, keep, lay in, lay on, maintain, make, procure, provide, provide with, provision, purvey, secure, suck, supply, yield), süregelmek, kazanmak (achieve, acquire, attain, be in pocket, bear the bell, carry away the bell, carry off, clean up, clear, come by, draw, earn, gain, garner, gather, get, get out of, land, net, pull off, purchase, realize, reap, take, win), geçerli olmak (be valid, go for, hold, hold good, rule, run), elde etmek (achieve, acquire, attain, carry, clear, come off, conquer, gain, get, have, make, procure, purchase, secure, suck, take, win), edinmek (acquire, catch, come by, fall into, get), bulmak (ascertain, clear up, cogitate, contrive, devise, discover, find, go for, happen on, happen upon, hit, invent, meet, procure, provide with, reach, reason, strike, strike out, study out, turn up), 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, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, 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)

Ukranian 

існувати (be, breathe, breathe one's last, exist, live, prevail, subsist), одержувати (acquire, attain, derive, gain, get, pull, receive, resume), застосовуватися, здобувати (acquire, allure, attain, gain), бути визнаним, діставати (come by, get, procure, reach), досягати (accomplish, achieve, acquire, amount, attain, compass, gain ground, measure up, reach), домагатися (aim, angle, aspire, busk, canvass, come after, covet, cry for, exact, get, go after, hunt for, pursue, solicit, woo), добиватися (achieve, aim, attain, canvass, try for, woo, work out, work up). (various references)

Welsh

mynnu (assert, get, insist, will, wish). (various references)

ablata, ablatas, ablati, ablatis, ablatisque, ablato, ablatum, ablatus, abstulerant, abstuleris, abstulero, abstulerunt, abstuleruntque, abstuli, abstulissent, abstulisti, abstulit, acquiro, adepti, adeptus, adipisci, adipiscor, adquiratis, adquire, adquirendi, adquirendo, adquirent, adquireret, adquisisti, adquisivi, adquisivit, anem, aufer, auferam, auferamini, auferant, auferas, auferat, auferatis, auferatur, auferemini, auferendam, auferendo, auferens, auferent, auferentem, auferentes, auferentesque, auferenti, auferentur, auferes, auferet, auferetis, auferetur, auferre, auferrent, auferres, auferret, auferretur, auferri, aufers, aufert, auferte, aufertis, auferto, aufertur, auferuntur, collecta, collectae, collectam, collecti, collectis, collecto, collectos, collectum, collectus, collegerimus, collegeris, collegerunt, collegi, collegissent, collegisset, collegisti, collegit, colleximus, collexistis, colligam, colligant, colligas, colligat, colligatis, colligatur, colligebant, colligebat, colligendas, colligendi, colligendum, colligens, colligent, colligentem, colligentes, colligentur, colligere, colligerent, colligeret, colligeris, colliges, colligesque, colliget, colligetur, colligimus, colligit, colligite, colligitur, colligo, colligunt, colliguntur, conciliare, conligare, consecuta, consecutam, consecuti, consecutus, consequamur, consequantur, consequaris, consequebantur, consequens, consequenti, consequeretur, consequeris, consequi, consequitur, disquaerere, emam, emamus, emant, emantur, emas, eme, emebant, ememus, emendi, emendum, emens, ementes, ementur, emerat, emere, emeremus, emerent, emeris, emerit, emerunt, emes, emet, emetis, emi, emimus, emisti, emistis, emit, emite, emitque, emor, empta, empti, emptis, emptus, emunt, exorabit, exorare, exoraret, exoratio, exoratione, exoraverunt, expediat, expedit, expediti, expeditorum, expeditos, expediunt, infer, inferam, inferamus, inferant, inferas, inferat, inferatis, inferebant, inferebantur, inferebatur, inferemus, inferens, inferent, inferentes, inferentur, infereris, inferes, inferet, inferetur, infero, inferre, inferrent, inferrentur, inferret, infers, infert, inferte, infertur, inferunt, inlata, inlatas, inlatis, inlatum, inlatus, intulerat, intuleris, intulerunt, intulimus, intulisset, intulistis, intulit, lita, litabo, litandum, litem, lites, mereo, nanctus, obtentu, obtinebas, obtinebat, obtinebimus, obtinebis, obtinebit, obtinebitis, obtinebunt, obtinendam, obtinent, obtinere, obtinerent, obtineret, obtinet, obtinuerant, obtinuerat, obtinuerimus, obtinueris, obtinuerunt, obtinueruntque, obtinui, obtinuissent, obtinuisset, obtinuit, optinere, percipere, quaeram, quaeramus, quaerant, quaerantur, quaeras, quaerat, quaeratis, quaeratur, quaere, quaerebamus, quaerebant, quaerebat, quaerebatis, quaerebatur, quaerebaturque, quaeremus, quaerendo, quaerendum, quaerens, quaerent, quaerentem, quaerentes, quaerenti, quaerentibus, quaerentis, quaerentium, quaerere, quaererem, quaererent, quaererentur, quaereret, quaeres, quaeresque, quaeret, quaeretis, quaeretur, quaerimus, quaeris, quaerit, quaerite, quaeritis, quaeritur, quaero, quaerunt, quaesierat, quaesierimus, quaesierint, quaesieris, quaesierit, quaesieritis, quaesieritque, quaesierunt, quaesissent, quaesistis, quaesita, quaesitum, quaesivi, quaesivimus, quaesivique, quaesivit, quaesivitque, subinferentes, sum, sumam, sumamus, sumas, sumat, sume, sumebant, sumenda, sumendi, sumens, sument, sumentes, sumere, sumerem, sumeret, sumes, sumesque, sumet, sumetis, sumetisque, sumetque, sumetur, sumit, sumite, sumo, sumpserim, sumpserint, sumpsero, sumpserunt, sumpsimus, sumpsisset, sumpsisti, sumpsit, sumpsitque, sumpta, sumptis, sumptu, sumptum, sumptumque, sumptus, sumunt. (various references)

viñdât. (various references)

begietan, gegongan, geholian. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "obtain": obtainabilities, obtainability, obtainable, obtained, obtainer, obtainers, obtaining, obtainment, obtainments, obtains. (additional references)

Words ending with "obtain": reobtain. (additional references)

Words containing "obtain": reobtained, reobtaining, reobtains, unobtainable. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Obtain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abtain, Boitani, Botia, Bottesini, obaid, obman, obstain, obtaim, obtoin, oftahis, Oltenia, Otai, otani. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bonita.

-1 letter: baton, biont, biota.

-2 letters: anti, bait, bani, bint, boat, bota, into, iota, naoi, nota, obia, obit, tain.

-3 letters: abo, ain, ait, ani, ant, ban, bat, bin, bio, bit, boa, bot, ion, nab, nib, nit, nob, not, oat, obi, tab, tan, tao, tin, ton.

-4 letters: ab, ai, an, at, ba, bi, bo, in, it, na.

+1 letter: bastion, boating, bonitas, botanic, niobate, obtains, taborin.

+2 letters: ablation, ablution, aborting, abortion, abutilon, ambition, antibody, antiboss, antisnob, banjoist, baritone, bastions, biathlon, bloating, boasting, boatings, boltonia, borating, botanica, botanies, botanise, botanist, botanize, libation, lobation, niobates, obeisant, oblation, obtained, obtainer, reobtain, tabooing, taborine, taboring, taborins, tailbone.

+3 letters: abduction, abjection, ablations, ablutions, abolition, abominate, abortions, abruption, abutilons, aitchbone, albinotic, ambitions, antilabor, badminton, balloting, ballpoint, bandicoot, banjoists, barbitone, baritonal, baritones, bastinado, bastioned, battalion, biathlons, boatswain, boltonias, bombinate, botanical, botanicas, botanised, botanises, botanists, botanized, botanizes, botulinal, bromating, brominate, cobaltine, combating, incubator, isobutane, libations, libration, lobations, oblations, obstinacy, obstinate, obtainers, obtaining, obviating, obviation, outbaking, probating, probation, reobtains, sanbenito, sublation, taborines, tabouring, tailbones, vibration.

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