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
1 get
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract:
— Get your results the next day.
— Get permission to take a few days off from work.
synonym: acquire.
Roget 72:
assemble
[be or come together],
collect,
muster;
meet,
unite,
join,
rejoin;
cluster,
flock,
swarm,
surge,
stream,
herd,
crowd,
throng,
associate;
congregate,
conglomerate,
concentrate;
precipitate;
center round,
rendezvous,
resort;
come together,
flock get together,
pig together;
forgather;
huddle;
reassemble.
[get or bring together]
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
etc.
(store)
636;
collect in a dragnet;
heap Ossa upon Pelion.
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2 get
Enter or assume a certain state or condition:
— It must be getting more serious.
— Get going!.
synonyms: become, go.
Dutch: gaan, geraken, komen, raken, treden, vallen
3 get
Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.
synonyms: have, let.
Dutch: maken, aankomen, doen, verkrijgen, krijgen
4 get
Receive a specified treatment (abstract).
synonyms: find, incur, obtain, receive.
Roget 775:
acquire,
get,
gain,
win,
earn,
obtain,
procure,
gather;
collect
etc.
(assemble)
72;
pick,
pickup;
glean.
find;
come upon,
pitch upon,
light upon;
scrape up,
scrape together;
get in,
reap and carry,
net,
bag,
sack,
bring home,
secure;
derive,
draw,
get in the harvest.
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
etc.
(wealth)
803.
treasure up
etc.
(store)
636;
realize,
clear;
produce
etc.
161;
take
etc.
789.
get back,
recover,
regain,
retrieve,
revendicate†,
replevy [Law],
redeem,
come by one's own.
come by,
come in for;
receive
etc.
785;
inherit;
step into a fortune,
step into the shoes of;
succeed to.
get hold of,
get between one's finger and thumb,
get into one's hand,
get at;
take possession,
come into possession,
enter into possession.
be profitable
etc.
adj.;
pay,
answer.
accrue
etc.
(be received)
785.
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5 get
Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress:
— She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight.
synonyms: arrive, come.
6 get
Go or come after and bring or take back:
— Get me those books over there, please.
synonyms: bring, convey, fetch.
Dutch: halen
7 get
Go through (mental or physical states or experiences):
— Get an idea.
— Get nauseous.
synonyms: experience, have, receive.
8 get
9 get
Achieve a point or goal.
synonyms: have, make.
Dutch: bereiken
10 get
11 get
Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.
synonyms: capture, catch.
12 get
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).
synonyms: acquire, develop, grow, produce.
Dutch: ontwikkelen
13 get
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.
synonyms: contract, take.
Dutch: opdoen, oplopen, vatten
14 get
Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone.
15 get
Give certain properties to something:
— Get someone mad.
synonym: make.
Roget 144:
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.
convert into,
resolve into;
make,
render;
mold,
form
etc.
240;
remodel,
new model,
refound†,
reform,
reorganize;
assimilate to,
bring to,
reduce to.
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16 get
Move into a desired direction of discourse.
synonyms: aim, drive.
Dutch: jagen, drijven
17 get
Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of:
— Did you get it?.
— She didn't get the joke.
— I just don't get him.
synonym: catch.
18 get
19 get
Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot.
synonym: catch.
20 get
21 get
Acquire as a result of some effort or action.
22 get
23 get
Perceive by hearing:
— She didn't get his name when they met the first time.
synonym: catch.
Dutch: opvangen
24 get
Suffer from the receipt of.
synonym: catch.
25 get
Receive as a retribution or punishment.
synonym: receive.
26 get
27 get
28 get
Irritate:
— Her childish behavior really get to me.
— His lying really gets me.
synonym: get under one's skin.
29 get
Evoke an emotional response.
30 get
Apprehend and reproduce accurately.
synonym: catch.
31 get
Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.
synonym: draw.
32 get
33 get
Be a mystery or bewildering to.
synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex ... show more.
Dutch: verbluffen, verlegenheid, verstomd doen staan
34 get
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action:
— Get working as soon as the sun rises!.
— Let's get down to work now.
synonyms: begin, commence, get down, set about, set out, start, start out.
Dutch: aangaan, aanvangen, aanzetten, beginnen, inzetten, starten
35 get
Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses).
synonyms: have, suffer, sustain.
Dutch: kwakkelen, sukkelen, tobben
36 get
Make (offspring) by reproduction.
synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, mother, sire.
Roget 161:
produce,
perform,
operate,
do,
make,
gar,
form,
construct,
fabricate,
frame,
contrive,
manufacture;
weave,
forge,
coin,
carve,
chisel;
build,
raise,
edify,
rear,
erect,
put together,
set up,
run up;
establish,
constitute,
compose,
organize,
institute;
achieve,
accomplish
etc.
(complete)
729.
flower,
bear fruit,
fructify,
teem,
ean†,
yean†,
farrow,
drop,
pup,
kitten,
kindle;
bear,
lay,
whelp,
bring forth,
give birth to,
lie in,
be brought to bed of,
evolve,
pullulate,
usher into the world.
make productive
etc.
168;
create;
beget,
get,
generate,
fecundate,
impregnate;
procreate,
progenerate†,
propagate;
engender;
bring into being,
call into being,
bring into existence;
breed,
hatch,
develop,
bring up.
induce,
superinduce;
suscitate†;
cause
etc.
153;
acquire
etc.
775.
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Dutch: voortbrengen, veroorzaken, verwekken
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