get

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   come to have or undergo a change of physical features and attributes

   they joined the exercise class to get fit

2. 2
   verb

   give certain properties to something

   get someone mad

3. 3
   verb

   reach by calculation

   What do you get when you add up these numbers?

4. 4
   verb

   take vengeance on or get even

   We'll get them!

5. 5
   verb

   evoke an emotional response

   Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time

6. 6
   verb

   irritate or annoy

   Their childish behavior really gets to me.

7. 7
   verb

   go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

   get an idea

8. 8
   verb

   purchase

   What did you get at the toy store?

Etymology

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”). Cognates Cognate with Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to disco…