What is get?
What is get?
- To come into possession or use of; receive: got a cat for her birthday.
- To meet with or incur: got nothing but trouble for her efforts.
- To go after and obtain: got a book at the library; got breakfast in town.
- To go after and bring: Get me a pillow.
- To purchase; buy: get groceries.
- To acquire as a result of action or effort: He got his information from the Internet. You can't get water out of a stone.
- To earn: got high marks in math.
- To accomplish or attain as a result of military action.
- To obtain by concession or request: couldn't get the time off; got permission to go.
- To arrive at; reach: When did you get home?
- To reach and board; catch: She got her plane two minutes before takeoff.
- To succeed in communicating with, as by telephone: can't get me at the office until nine.
- To become affected with (an illness, for example) by infection or exposure; catch: get the flu; got the mumps.
- To be subjected to; undergo: got a severe concussion.
- To receive as retribution or punishment: got six years in prison for tax fraud.
- To sustain a stated injury to: got my arm broken.
- To gain or have understanding of: Do you get this question?
- To learn (a poem, for example) by heart; memorize.
- To find or reach by calculating: get a total; can't get the answer.
- To perceive by hearing: I didn't get your name when we were introduced.
- To procreate; beget.
- To cause to become or be in a specified state or condition: got the children tired and cross; got the shirt clean.
- To make ready; prepare: get lunch for a crowd.
- To cause to come or go: got the car through traffic.
- To cause to move or leave: Get me out of here!