Get Definition

gĕt
gets, getting, gittin, got, gotten
verb
gets, getting, got, gotten
To come into the state of having; become the owner or receiver of; receive, win, gain, obtain, acquire, etc.
Webster's New World
To meet with or incur.
Got nothing but trouble for her efforts.
American Heritage
To leave at once: commonly pronounced (git) when used in the imperative or infinitive.
Webster's New World
To go after and obtain.
Got a book at the library; got breakfast in town.
American Heritage
To go and bring.
Webster's New World
noun
The young of an animal; offspring; breed.
Webster's New World
A foolish or contemptible person.
American Heritage
A begetting.
Webster's New World
A retrieving of a shot seemingly out of reach.
Webster's New World
A document presented by a husband to his wife whereby a divorce is effected between them according to Jewish religious law.
American Heritage
idiom
get around to
  • To find the time or occasion for; deal with:

    We finally got around to unpacking our knickknacks.

American Heritage
get away with
  • To escape the consequences of (a blameworthy act, for example):

    got away with cheating.

American Heritage
get back at
  • To take revenge on.
American Heritage
get cracking
  • To begin to work; get started.
American Heritage
get even
  • To obtain revenge.
American Heritage

Origin of Get

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Mishnaic Hebrew gēṭ from Aramaic from Akkadian giṭṭu long clay tablet, receipt, document from Sumerian gíd.da long

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English geten from Old Norse geta ghend- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ).

    From Wiktionary

  • Variant of git

    From Wiktionary

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