fetch

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled fatch

US /fɑt͡ʃ/ UK /fɛt͡ʃ/ See IPA manual

Freq #3257

Meanings

1

verb
To go and get something or someone and bring it back.

Could you fetch some sugar so we can finish the recipe?
2

verb
To be sold for a particular price.

The old painting fetched a high price at auction.

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Multiword verbs with fetch

fetch up Phrasal verb B1

to arrive or end up somewhere, often unexpectedly

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Synonyms

collect

Word family

Forms fetchedfetcherfetchersfetchesfetching

Derived forms farfetchfetchablefetcherfetchymisfetchprefetchrefetchunfetchableunfetched

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fetch up
to arrive or end up somewhere, often unexpectedly

Verb + adverb

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to hold, seize; to fetc…

*ped- Proto-Indo-European fecchen Middle English feċċan Old English *fatōną Proto-Germanic

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# fetch

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /fɑt͡ʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /fɛt͡ʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 3257

## Meanings
1. To go and get something or someone and bring it back.
2. To be sold for a particular price.

## Examples
- Could you fetch some sugar so we can finish the recipe?
- The old painting fetched a high price at auction.

## Synonyms
- collect

## Derived Forms
- farfetch
- fetchable
- fetcher
- fetchy
- misfetch
- prefetch
- refetch
- unfetchable
- unfetched

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ped-
- Root: fecchen
- Root: feċċan
- Root: *fatōną

## Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to hold, seize; to fetc…

## AI Etymology
Fetch as a verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną. In current use, the main senses are “To go and get something or someone and bring it back” and “To be sold for a particular price”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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