Definition of get
The meaning of the word get.
38 definitions of get | ||
| - noun | ||
| 1. | get -- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent | |
| - verb | ||
| 2. | get -- 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" | |
| synonyms: acquire | ||
| 3. | become -- 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!" | |
| synonyms: become, go | ||
| 4. | get -- 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" | |
| synonyms: let, have | ||
| 5. | receive -- 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" | |
| synonyms: receive, find, obtain, incur | ||
| 6. | arrive -- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" | |
| synonyms: arrive, come | ||
| antonyms: leave -- go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" | ||
| 7. | bring -- 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" | |
| synonyms: bring, convey, fetch | ||
| antonyms: take away -- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" | ||
| 8. | experience -- go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" | |
| synonyms: experience, receive, have | ||
| 9. | pay back -- take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" | |
| synonyms: pay back, pay off, fix | ||
| 10. | have -- achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" | |
| synonyms: have, make | ||
| 11. | induce -- 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" | |
| synonyms: induce, stimulate, cause, have, make | ||
| 12. | get -- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" | |
| synonyms: catch, capture | ||
| 13. | grow -- 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" | |
| synonyms: grow, develop, produce, acquire | ||
| 14. | contract -- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" | |
| synonyms: contract, take | ||
| 15. | get -- 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" | |
| 16. | make -- 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 millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" | |
| synonyms: make | ||
| 17. | drive -- move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | |
| synonyms: drive, aim | ||
| 18. | catch -- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "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"; "I just don't get him" | |
| synonyms: catch | ||
| 19. | catch -- attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" | |
| synonyms: catch, arrest | ||
| 20. | get -- 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" | |
| synonyms: catch | ||
| 21. | get -- reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" | |
| 22. | get -- acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" | |
| 23. | get -- purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?" | |
| 24. | catch -- perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" | |
| synonyms: catch | ||
| 25. | catch -- suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" | |
| synonyms: catch | ||
| 26. | get -- receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" | |
| synonyms: receive | ||
| 27. | scram -- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!" | |
| synonyms: scram, buzz off, fuck off, bugger off | ||
| 28. | get -- reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" | |
| 29. | get -- irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" | |
| synonyms: get under one's skin | ||
| 30. | get -- evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time" | |
| 31. | catch -- apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" | |
| synonyms: catch | ||
| 32. | draw -- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" | |
| synonyms: draw | ||
| 33. | get -- overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" | |
| 34. | perplex -- be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" | |
| synonyms: perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | ||
| 35. | get down -- 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"; "Let's get down to work now" | |
| synonyms: get down, begin, start out, start, set about, set out, commence | ||
| antonyms: end -- bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| 36. | suffer -- 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" | |
| synonyms: suffer, sustain, have | ||
| 37. | beget -- make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" | |
| synonyms: beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth | ||
| 38. | get, git -- to obtain or acquire | |
| synonyms: git, got, gets, gittin, gotten, getable, getting, gettable | ||
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