get

CEFRA1

/ɡɛt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To receive, obtain, or become something.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To have. See usage notes.

Examples

  • The bus was late and Sue began to get anxious.

  • The police will get you to find the bullets.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɡet/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To receive.

  2. To obtain; to acquire.

  3. To fetch, bring, take.

More examples

In context

  • "The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."

  • I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.

  • I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.

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Antonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”). Cognates Cognate with Yola get (“to get”), Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjeta, gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to discover, find”); also Latin edera, hedera (“ivy”), praeda (“booty, p...