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get

/ɡɛt/ verb

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In Latin: potior, impetro, nanciscor Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about get at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. To obtain; to acquire.
    I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
  2. To receive.
    I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
  3. To have. See usage notes.
    I've got a concert ticket for you.

noun

  1. Offspring, especially illegitimate.
  2. Lineage.
  3. A difficult return or block of a shot.

noun

  1. Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).

noun

  1. A Jewish writ of divorce.

Origin

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”).

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