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English to English noun
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a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent |  | source: wordnet30
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Jet, the mineral. | | source: webster1913
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Fashion; manner; custom. | | source: webster1913
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Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion. | | source: webster1913 verb
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come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | | Example: 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
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enter or assume a certain state or condition | | Example: 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!
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cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition | | Example: He got his squad on the ball
This let me in for a big surprise
He got a girl into trouble
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receive a specified treatment (abstract) | | Example: 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
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reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress | | Example: She arrived home at 7 o'clock
She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
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go or come after and bring or take back | | Example: Get me those books over there, please
Could you bring the wine?
The dog fetched the hat
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go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | | Example: get an idea
experience vertigo
get nauseous
receive injuries
have a feeling
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take vengeance on or get even | | Example: We'll get them!
That'll fix him good!
This time I got him
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achieve a point or goal | | Example: Nicklaus had a 70
The Brazilian team got 4 goals
She made 29 points that day
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cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | | Example: 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
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succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | | Example: We finally got the suspect
Did you catch the thief?
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come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | | Example: He grew a beard
The patient developed abdominal pains
I got funny spots all over my body
Well-developed breasts
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be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | | Example: He got AIDS
She came down with pneumonia
She took a chill
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communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone | | Example: Bill called this number and he got Mary
The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake
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give certain properties to something | | Example: 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
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move into a desired direction of discourse | | Example: What are you driving at?
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grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of | | Example: 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
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attract and fix | | Example: His look caught her
She caught his eye
Catch the attention of the waiter
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reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | | Example: the rock caught her in the back of the head
The blow got him in the back
The punch caught him in the stomach
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reach by calculation | | Example: What do you get when you add up these numbers?
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acquire as a result of some effort or action | | Example: You cannot get water out of a stone
Where did she get these news?
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purchase | | Example: What did you get at the toy store?
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perceive by hearing | | Example: I didn't catch your name
She didn't get his name when they met the first time
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suffer from the receipt of | | Example: She will catch hell for this behavior!
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receive as a retribution or punishment | | Example: He got 5 years in prison
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leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form | | Example: Scram!
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reach and board | | Example: She got the bus just as it was leaving
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irritate | | Example: Her childish behavior really get to me
His lying really gets me
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evoke an emotional response | | Example: Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time
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apprehend and reproduce accurately | | Example: She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
She got the mood just right in her photographs
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earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher | | Example: He drew a base on balls
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overcome or destroy | | Example: The ice storm got my hibiscus
the cat got the goldfish
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be a mystery or bewildering to | | Example: This beats me!
Got me--I don't know the answer!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | | Example: 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
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undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | | Example: 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
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make children | | Example: Abraham begot Isaac
Men often father children but don't recognize them
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. | | source: webster1913
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