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Meaning of get | Babel Free

Verb CEFR A1 Common

ɡɛt

Definitions

To obtain; to acquire.
ditransitive, transitive
To receive.
transitive
To urge or scold: You should get after them to mow the lawn.
To improve one's situation; be successful.
To have. See usage notes.
transitive
To return to a person, place, or condition: Let's get back to the subject at hand.
To fetch, bring, take.
transitive
To find the time or occasion for; deal with: We finally got around to unpacking our knickknacks.
To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
copulative
To escape the consequences of (a blameworthy act, for example): got away with cheating.
To cause to become; to bring about.
transitive
To take revenge on.
To cause to do.
transitive
To cause to come or go or move.
transitive
To begin to work; get started.
To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
intransitive, usually
To obtain revenge.
To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
transitive
To repay with an equivalent act, as for revenge.
(with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
catenative, intransitive
To make a beginning; get started.
To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
transitive
To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
transitive
(with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
catenative, intransitive
To understand. (compare get it)
informal, transitive
To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
informal, transitive
Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
auxiliary, informal
Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
impersonal, informal
To become ill with or catch (a disease).
transitive
To catch out, trick successfully.
informal, transitive
To perplex, stump.
informal, transitive
To find as an answer.
transitive
To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
informal, transitive
To hear completely; catch.
transitive
To getter.
transitive
To beget (of a father).
archaic
To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
archaic
Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
imperative, informal
To go, to leave; to scram.
imperative, informal, intransitive
To kill.
euphemistic
To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
intransitive, obsolete
To measure.
transitive
To cause someone to laugh.
transitive

Conjugation

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Equivalents

العربية أصبح استقبل

Bosanski postati prijemati prijeti primiti примити

Čeština namluvit

Deutsch anfangen ankommen annehmen bekommen bringen drankriegen einnehmen eintreffen erreichen erwischen fassen finden haben haben herausbekommen herauskriegen holen kapieren kassieren können kriegen machen mitbekommen mitbringen mitkriegen nehmen öffnen rallen schnallen schnappen verstehen Werden

Ελληνικά λαμβάνω παίρνω

Español agarrar atrapar captar competerle convertirse en corresponderle decírselo [mucho] guipar hacer que hacer volverse llegar pillar ponerse tocarle tomar traer volverse

Suomi tuoda

Français arriver atteindre capter chercher devenir faire devenir piger ramener recevoir

Gàidhlig coisinn faigh rach

हिन्दी लेना

Hrvatski postati prijemati prijeti primiti примити

Italiano divenire diventare far diventare mettere ricevere trasportare

日本語〜となる〜になるずる到達する受ける受け取る履く得る成る持ち帰る着る脱ぐ至らせる至る貰う赴く身に付ける達する㝵

한국어 가져오다 도달하다 도착하다 되다 먹다 받다 벗다 시작하다 쓰다 알아듣다 이르다 입다 타다

Nederlands aankomen begrijpen doen halen krijgen laten maken nemen snappen verkrijgen verstaan worden

Português atender buscar captar chegar em/a começar a dar para alguém deixar deixar pasmo entender fazer fazer tornar-se ficar ganhar ouvir direito pegar poder receber sacar ter a chance de ter a oportunidade de tornar-se

Русский врубаться врубиться делаться добираться добраться одура́чить подлови́ть получать получить понимать понять поразить поставить в тупик прибывать прибы́ть принести́ приносить провести сде́латься становиться стать

Ikinyarwanda bona fata

Српски postati prijemati prijeti primiti примити

Svenska förvärva

Türkçe kapmak

Examples

“I'm going to get ⟳ a computer tomorrow from the discount store.”

“Lance is going to get ⟳ Mary a ring ⟳.”

“I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.”

“He got a severe reprimand for that.”

“Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.”

“I've got a concert ticket for you.”

“"Yeah, and I got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like ⟳ to sell ⟳ you," was Peter's response to his wife.”

“Can you get ⟳ my bag from the living-room, please ⟳?”

“I need ⟳ to get ⟳ this to the office.”

“Get ⟳ thee out from this land ⟳.”

“He[…]got himself[…]to the strong town of Mega.”

“Near-synonyms: become ⟳, turn ⟳, go, come ⟳, fall ⟳, grow ⟳, wax”

“I'm getting hungry; how about you?”

“I'm going out to get ⟳ drunk.”

“November 1, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk ⟳ His chariot wheels get ⟳ hot by driving fast.”

“That song gets me so depressed every time I hear ⟳ it.”

“I'll get ⟳ this finished by lunchtime.”

“I can't get ⟳ these boots off.”

“I can’t get ⟳ my hands warm.”

“Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get ⟳ one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.”

“Somehow she got him to agree ⟳ to it.”

“I can't get ⟳ it to work ⟳.”

“I can't get ⟳ it working.”

“I can’t get ⟳ my kids to go to bed early.”

“Get ⟳ him to say ⟳ his prayers.”

“Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take ⟳ out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press ⟳ and get ⟳ them to give ⟳ our villagers instruction when they begin ⟳ work ⟳ and when they are in the fields.””

“I got him to his room.”

“Get ⟳ thee behind me.”

“The actors are getting into position.”

“When are we going to get ⟳ to London?”

“I'm getting into a muddle.”

“We got behind the wall.”

“to get ⟳ a mile”

“We ought to get ⟳ moving or we'll be late.”

“After lunch we got chatting.”

“I'm getting to like ⟳ him better now.”

“I normally get ⟳ the 7:45 train ⟳.”

“I'll get ⟳ the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston.”

“Can you get ⟳ that call ⟳, please ⟳? I'm busy.”

“I'm so jealous that you got to see ⟳ them perform ⟳ live ⟳!”

“The finders get ⟳ to keep ⟳ 80 percent of the treasure.”

“Great. I get ⟳ to clean ⟳ the toilets today.”

“Yeah, I get ⟳ it, it's just not funny.”

“I don't get ⟳ what you mean ⟳ by "fun". This place ⟳ sucks!”

“I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.”

“"You look ⟳ just like ⟳ Helen Mirren." / "I get ⟳ that a lot."”

“Do you mind ⟳? Excuse ⟳ me / I saw ⟳ you over there / Can I just tell ⟳ you ¶ Although there are millions of / Cephalophores that wander ⟳ through this world / You've got something extra going on / I think ⟳ you probably know ⟳ ¶ You probably get ⟳ that a lot / I'll bet ⟳ that people say ⟳ that a lot to you, girl.”

“He got bitten by a dog.”

“Of particular importance is the bureaucratic organization of European judiciaries. The judiciary is a career. You start ⟳ at the bottom and get ⟳ assigned and promoted at the pleasure of your superiors.”

“You get ⟳ some very rude people here.”

“It was the kind of shop ⟳ you used to get ⟳ in most small towns.”

“He thinks that proper to northern man is the cellular composition, you know ⟳, the kind of thing one gets in Celtic ornamentation, for example, which a subject that interests him greatly.”

“You get ⟳ non-binary people – you get ⟳ people who don't identify ⟳ as a man or a woman.”

“It was a terrible place ⟳ to live ⟳. You get ⟳ places like ⟳ that. It is just the way it is.”

“I went on holiday and got malaria.”

“He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.”

“That question's really got me.”

“What did you get ⟳ for question ⟳ four?”

“The cops finally got me.”

“I'm gonna get ⟳ him for that.”

“Sorry, I didn't get ⟳ that. Could you repeat ⟳ it?”

“I put ⟳ the getter into the container to get ⟳ the gases.”

“I had rather to adopt ⟳ a child than get ⟳ it.”

“Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself / Upon thy wicked dam, come ⟳ forth!”

“Walter had said, dear God, Thomas, it was St fucking Felicity if I'm not mistaken, and her face ⟳ was to the wall for sure the night I got you.”

“to get ⟳ a lesson; to get ⟳ out one's Greek lesson”

“it being harder with him to get ⟳ one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty”

“Get ⟳ her with her new hairdo.”

“Brother, get ⟳ her! Draped on a bedspread made from three kinds of fur!”

“Money's pouring in somewhere, because Churchgate's got lovely new stone setts, and a cultural quarter (ooh, get ⟳ her) is promised.”

“Get ⟳, now — get ⟳! — before I call ⟳ an officer and lay ⟳ a charge against ye.”

“I had a sneaking suspicion that it wasn't no flashlight and I wasn't too curious, just then, to find ⟳ out what would happen ⟳ if he did more than wave ⟳ it at me, so I got. I went back about twenty feet or so and watched.”

“'Go on, get ⟳. You look ⟳ a state. We can't let ⟳ Leo see ⟳ you like ⟳ that.'”

“Now go on, get ⟳! Get ⟳! Get ⟳! (she chases Joanne out the door with the hammer ⟳.)”

“"[…] and then I'll switch ⟳ over to the police band to know ⟳ when the bacon's getting ready to stick ⟳ its nose in. When I tell ⟳ you to get ⟳, you get ⟳, understand ⟳?" Calamity asks as she retapes the earbud into her ear.”

“They’re coming to get ⟳ you, Barbara.”

“He got Dancer and Prancer with an old German Luger And he slashed up Dasher just like ⟳ Freddy Krueger”

“We mourn, France smiles; we lose ⟳, they daily get ⟳.”

“Did you get ⟳ her temperature?”

“It gets me every time!”

CEFR level

Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.

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