(v. t.) To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.
(v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
(v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to generate.
(v. t.) To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson.
(v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
(v. t.) To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.
(v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
(v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
(v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.
(n.) Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
Example Sentences:
(1) I want to get some good insight before I make my decision,” said Hiddink.
(2) But when they decided to get married, "finding the clothes became my project," says Melanie.
(3) For viewers in the US, you get the worst possible in-game managerial interview in Mike Matheny, one that's so bad, it's actually great!
(4) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
(5) I said: ‘Apologies for doing this publicly, but I did try to get a meeting with you, and I couldn’t even get a reply.’ And then I had a massive go at him – about everything really, from poverty to uni fees to NHS waiting times.” She giggles again.
(6) In a Bloomberg article last week, for example, one Stanford student compared women who get raped to unlocked bicycles : ‘Do I deserve to have my bike stolen if I leave it unlocked on the quad?’ [Chris] Herries, 22, said.
(7) I’m hopeful but I just can’t get over all my experiences in the past.
(8) Translation: 'We do less, you get yourself sorted.'"
(9) The only way we can change it, is if we get people to look in and understand what is happening.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dean, Clare and their baby son.
(10) Considerate touches includes the free use of cruiser bicycles (the best method of tackling the Palm Springs main drag), home-baked cookies … and if you'd like to get married, ask the manager: he's a minister.
(11) That is what needs to happen for this company, which started out as a rebellious presence in the business, determined to get credit for its creative visionaries.
(12) She stopped working only when the pain made it hard for her to get to work.
(13) Because they generally have to be positioned on hills to get the maximum benefits of the wind, some complain that they ruin the landscape.
(14) To get a better understanding of the different cell interactions during the immune response to a hapten-carrier complex, the effects of immunogenic or tolerogenic injections of various hapten-containing compounds on the responses induced by immunization with the same hapten coupled to protein carriers were studied.
(15) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
(16) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
(17) After friends heard that he was on them, Brumfield started observing something strange: “If we had people over to the Super Bowl or a holiday season party, I’d notice that my medicines would come up short, no matter how good friends they were.” Twice people broke into his house to get to the drugs.
(18) Yorkshire is going to get a lot of tourists after this."
(19) "In my era, we'd get a phone call from John [Galliano] before the show: this is what the show's about, what do you think?
(20) What shouldn't get lost among the hits, home runs and the intentional and semi-intentional walks is that Ortiz finally seems comfortable with having a leadership role with his team.
Getter
Definition:
(n.) One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spain is another go-getters’ paradise, it seems: with half an entire generation out of work, self-employment among the young has surged.
(2) Western Conference Front court Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers) Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves) Back court Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) As with LeBron James, there's no serious argument that Kevin Durant shouldn't be the top vote getter in his conference, especially now that he actually might have a half-decent nickname .
(3) All categories of utterance types were used by the subjects; a predominance was found among attention-getters and indirect directives.
(4) By the go-getters oozing talent and entrepreneurialism that are helping to advance the whole world.
(5) All-time greatest World Cup goal‑getter is a title for billboard idols, not penalty‑area bureaucrats.
(6) They are used to being lauded as streetwise tournament result-getters but it has been different over recent days, when they have heard a lot of praise from around the world for the attractiveness of their game.
(7) Check out a dance party in Antwerp this summer and you will probably hear the rush-released oeuvre of the local DJ, Ronny Mosuse, a hypnotic techno tribute to the country’s favourite new goal-getter in which the only lyric consists of endless repetition of “Origigigi, Origogogo”.
(8) I grew up in Essex with a single mum and a go-getter Dagenham dad.
(9) "Worryingly, average pay rises have been getter weaker in every decade since the 1980s, despite increases in productivity, growth and profits.
(10) Tactically they feel this is a vote-getter.” As the M5S’s rhetoric has become pro-Russian, it is simultaneously becoming more critical of the EU, including a vow to hold a referendum on the euro.
(11) In a city of hustlers, tricksters, and go-getters, where the right dose of swag and gumption gets you farther than a college degree can, Furo is a bumbling non-entity.
(12) And, yes, your partner is bound to love you much more than they currently do, because you've become the dynamic go-getter they've always wanted.
(13) Kane filled in as the leader but no one took on his usual mantle as the goal-getter.
(14) No transfer deadline day worth its salt would pass without Atlético Madrid goal-getter Sergio "Kun" Agüero being linked with an English club and this one is no exception.
(15) To save humanity, one must rely on a bootstrap operation headed by a dedicated go-getter and self-starter.
(16) They heap praise on the go-getters who are often getting little.
(17) New York’s top point-getters are Martin St Louis, Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan, each with 13 points in the postseason.
(18) Julie had worked all her life and considered herself "highly employable" and a "go-getter" before she got ill. "I have come to terms with my illness, not being the person I used to be.
(19) Still in her mid-20s, she had already reached the giddy heights of a Washington career, mingling with the rich and powerful and earning a reputation as a go-getter who always kept an eye out for those below her.
(20) Now the stigma of unemployment is so fierce and the hoops so difficult to jump through, people like me prefer to register as self-employed.” The Tories would say he’s a go-getter.