DICTOMETER

GETTING

(get, getting, adquirir, buscar, coger, conseguir, llegar, obtener, sacar, ankomme, bli, få, innbringe, oppnå, ta, tilegne seg)

1. Synonyms:
   • Acquiring
   • Getting
   Definitions:
   • the act of acquiring something
   Examples:
   • I envied his talent for acquiring
   • He's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Get
   • Acquire
   Definitions:
   • come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Become
   • Go
   • Get
   Definitions:
   • enter or assume a certain state or condition
   Examples:
   • 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!
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Get
   • Let
   • Have
   Definitions:
   • cause to move
   • cause to be in a certain position or condition
   Examples:
   • He got his squad on the ball
   • This let me in for a big surprise
   • He got a girl into trouble
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Receive
   • Get
   • Find
   • Obtain
   • Incur
   Definitions:
   • receive a specified treatment (abstract)
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Arrive
   • Get
   • Come
   Definitions:
   • reach a destination
   • arrive by movement or progress
   Examples:
   • She arrived home at 7 o'clock
   • She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Bring
   • Get
   • Convey
   • Fetch
   Definitions:
   • go or come after and bring or take back
   Examples:
   • Get me those books over there, please
   • Could you bring the wine?
   • The dog fetched the hat
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Experience
   • Receive
   • Have
   • Get
   Definitions:
   • go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
   Examples:
   • Get an idea
   • Experience vertigo
   • Get nauseous
   • Receive injuries
   • Have a feeling
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Pay back
   • Pay off
   • Get
   • Fix
   Definitions:
   • take vengeance on or get even
   Examples:
   • We'll get them!
   • That'll fix him good!
   • This time I got him
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Have
   • Get
   • Make
   Definitions:
   • achieve a point or goal
   Examples:
   • Nicklaus had a 70
   • The Brazilian team got 4 goals
   • She made 29 points that day
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Induce
    • Stimulate
    • Cause
    • Have
    • Get
    • Make
    Definitions:
    • cause to do
    • cause to act in a specified manner
    Examples:
    • 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
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Get
    • Catch
    • Capture
    Definitions:
    • succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
    Examples:
    • We finally got the suspect
    • Did you catch the thief?
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Grow
    • Develop
    • Produce
    • Get
    • Acquire
    Definitions:
    • come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
    Examples:
    • He grew a beard
    • The patient developed abdominal pains
    • I got funny spots all over my body
    • Well-developed breasts
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Contract
    • Take
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    Examples:
    • He got AIDS
    • She came down with pneumonia
    • She took a chill
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • communicate with a place or person
    • establish communication with, as if by telephone
    Examples:
    • Bill called this number and he got Mary
    • The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Make
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • give certain properties to something
    Examples:
    • 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
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Drive
    • Get
    • Aim
    Definitions:
    • move into a desired direction of discourse
    Examples:
    • What are you driving at?
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Catch
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
    Examples:
    • 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
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Catch
    • Arrest
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • attract and fix
    Examples:
    • His look caught her
    • She caught his eye
    • Catch the attention of the waiter
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Get
    • Catch
    Definitions:
    • reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
    Examples:
    • The rock caught her in the back of the head
    • The blow got him in the back
    • The punch caught him in the stomach
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • reach by calculation
    Examples:
    • What do you get when you add up these numbers?
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • acquire as a result of some effort or action
    Examples:
    • You cannot get water out of a stone
    • Where did she get these news?
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • purchase
    Examples:
    • What did you get at the toy store?
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Catch
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • perceive by hearing
    Examples:
    • I didn't catch your name
    • She didn't get his name when they met the first time
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Catch
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • suffer from the receipt of
    Examples:
    • She will catch hell for this behavior!
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Get
    • Receive
    Definitions:
    • receive as a retribution or punishment
    Examples:
    • He got 5 years in prison
    
    
26. Synonyms:
    • Scram
    • Buzz off
    • Fuck off
    • Get
    • Bugger off
    Definitions:
    • leave immediately
    • used usually in the imperative form
    Examples:
    • Scram!
    
    
27. Synonyms:
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • reach and board
    Examples:
    • She got the bus just as it was leaving
    
    
28. Synonyms:
    • Get
    • Get under one's skin
    Definitions:
    • irritate
    Examples:
    • Her childish behavior really get to me
    • His lying really gets me
    
    
29. Synonyms:
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • evoke an emotional response
    Examples:
    • Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time
    
    
30. Synonyms:
    • Catch
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • apprehend and reproduce accurately
    Examples:
    • She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
    • She got the mood just right in her photographs
    
    
31. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
    Examples:
    • He drew a base on balls
    
    
32. Synonyms:
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • overcome or destroy
    Examples:
    • The ice storm got my hibiscus
    • The cat got the goldfish
    
    
33. Synonyms:
    • Perplex
    • Vex
    • Stick
    • Get
    • Puzzle
    • Mystify
    • Baffle
    • Beat
    • Pose
    • Bewilder
    • Flummox
    • Stupefy
    • Nonplus
    • Gravel
    • Amaze
    • Dumbfound
    Definitions:
    • be a mystery or bewildering to
    Examples:
    • This beats me!
    • Got me
    
    
34. Synonyms:
    • Get down
    • Begin
    • Get
    • Start out
    • Start
    • Set about
    • Set out
    • Commence
    Definitions:
    • take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
    Examples:
    • 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
    
    
35. Synonyms:
    • Suffer
    • Sustain
    • Have
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
    Examples:
    • 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
    
    
36. Synonyms:
    • Beget
    • Get
    • Engender
    • Father
    • Mother
    • Sire
    • Generate
    • Bring forth
    Definitions:
    • make children
    Examples:
    • Abraham begot Isaac
    • Men often father children but don't recognize them