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Definition of Get
Get

Jet, the mineral.

Fashion; manner; custom.

Artifice; contrivance.

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.

Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.

To beget; to procreate; to generate.

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.

To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.

To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.

To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.

To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.

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.

Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

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Get Quotations

After you get what you want you don't want it.
Irving Berlin

What you see is what you get.
Van Morrison

Those who go along get along.
Sam Snead

To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
Jessica Savitch

I know what it takes to get to the top.
Linford Christie

Get Translations

get in Afrikaans is oppik, vat, verwerf, neem, raak, aankom, bekom
get in Danish is gribe, blive, modtage, tage, tage op, hente
get in Dutch is verkrijgen, behalen, buit maken
get in Finnish is hankkia, saada, tulla joksikin, ottaa
get in German is bringen, lesen, holen, holen/bringen, erhalten
get in Italian is arrivare, cogliere, ricevere, venni, prendere
get in Latin is acquiro, quaero quero, traho, adepto, quaero
get in Portuguese is receber, obter, comece, adquirir
get in Spanish is acoger, obtener, coger, llegar, buscar, recibir


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