* IPA(key): /ɡɛt/, /ɡɪt/, [ɡɛʔ] * Rhymes: -ɛt

From Middle English _geten_, from Old Norse _geta_, from Proto-Germanic _*getaną_ (compare Old English _ġietan_, Old High German _pi-gezzan_ 'to uphold', Gothic _bi-gitan_ 'to find, discover'), from Proto-Indo-European _*gʰend-_ 'to seize'. Cognate with Latin _prehendo_. VERB GET (_third-person singular simple present_ GETS, _present participle_ GETTING, _simple past_ GOT, _past participle_ (chiefly British) GOT _or_ (North America, archaic in UK) GOTTEN) * (transitive) To obtain; to acquire. _I'm going to GET a computer tomorrow from the discount store._ * (transitive) To receive. _I GOT a computer from my parents for my birthday._ _You need to GET permission to leave early._ _He GOT a severe reprimand for that._ * (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit. * William Shakespeare (1564-1616) We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily GET. * (copulative) To become. _I'm GETTING hungry; how about you?_ _Don't GET drunk tonight._ * Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) His chariot wheels GET hot by driving fast. * (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about. _That song GETS me so depressed every time I hear it._ _I'll GET this finished by lunchtime._ _I can't GET these boots off (or_ on_)._ * (transitive) To fetch, bring, take. _Can you GET my bag from the living-room, please?_ _I need to GET this to the office._ * Bible, Genesis xxxi. 13 GET thee out from this land. * Richard Knolles (1545-1610) He […] GOT himself […] to the strong town of Mega. * (transitive) To cause to do. _Somehow she GOT him to agree to it._ _I can't GET it to work._ * William Shakespeare (1564-1616) GET him to say his prayers. * (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state). _The actors are GETTING into position._ _When are we going to GET to London?_ _I'm GETTING into a muddle._ _We GOT behind the wall._ * Alexander Pope (1688-1744) to GET rid of fools and scoundrels * (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling. _to GET a mile_ * (transitive) To cause to come or go or move. * (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position. * Dante Gabriel Rossetti, _Retro me, Sathana_, line 1 GET thee behind me. * (intransitive) To begin (doing something). _We ought to GET moving or we'll be late._ _After lunch we GOT chatting._ * (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service). _I normally GET the 7:45 train._ _I'll GET the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston._ * (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc). _Can you GET that call, please? I'm busy._ * (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something). _I'm so jealous that you GOT to see them perform live!_ _The finders GET to keep 80 percent of the treasure._ * (transitive, informal) To understand. (Compare _get it_.) _Yeah, I GET it, it's just not funny._ _I don't GET what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!_ _I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She GETS me._ * (transitive, informal) To be subjected to. _"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I GET that a lot."_ * Do you mind? Excuse me / I saw you over there / Can I just tell you ¶ Although there are millions of / Cephalophores that wander through this world / You've got something extra going on / I think you probably know ¶ You probably GET that a lot / I'll bet that people say that a lot to you, girl * (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.