get

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To receive or obtain something.

   I got a letter from my old friend today.

2. 2
   verb

   To buy something.

   Can you get some milk on your way home?

3. 3
   verb

   To become or come to be in a certain state.

   It's getting dark, so we should head back.

4. 4
   verb

   To experience or be affected by something.

   I always get nervous before an exam.

5. 5
   verb

   To understand something.

   Sorry, I don't get the joke.

Common collocations

• get a boyfriend Verb + noun
• get a job Verb + noun
• get an idea Verb + noun
• get sleep Verb + noun
• get a joke Verb + noun
• get a mark Verb + noun
• get a pass Verb + noun
• get a push Verb + noun
• get a shot Verb + noun
• get some air Verb + noun
• get a laugh Verb + noun
• get a mention Verb + noun

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…

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