GETTING

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VERB
  • Definition - (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
  • Example - I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
  • Definition - To receive.
  • Example - He got a severe reprimand for that.
  • Definition - (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
  • Example - I've got a concert ticket for you.
  • Definition - To fetch, bring, take.
  • Example - Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
  • Definition - To become, or cause oneself to become.
  • Example - I'm getting hungry; how about you?
  • Definition - To cause to become; to bring about.
  • Example - I can't get these boots off (or on).
  • Definition - To cause to do.
  • Example - I can't get it to work.
  • Definition - To cause to come or go or move.
  • Example - I got him to his room.
  • Definition - To cause to be in a certain status or position.
  • Example - Get him here at once.
  • Definition - (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).
  • Example - I'm getting into a muddle.
  • Definition - To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
  • Example - to get a mile
  • Definition - To begin (doing something or to do something).
  • Example - After lunch we got chatting.
  • Definition - To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
  • Example - I normally get the 7:45 train.
  • Definition - To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
  • Example - Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
  • Definition - (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
  • Example - Great. I get to clean the toilets today.
  • Definition - To understand. (compare get it)
  • Example - I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
  • Definition - To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
  • Example - "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."
  • Definition - To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
  • Example - He got bitten by a dog.
  • Definition - To become ill with or catch (a disease).
  • Example - I went on holiday and got malaria.
  • Definition - To catch out, trick successfully.
  • Example - He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
  • Definition - To perplex, stump.
  • Example - That question's really got me.
  • Definition - To find as an answer.
  • Example - What did you get for question four?
  • Definition - To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • Example - I'm gonna get him for that.
  • Definition - To hear completely; catch.
  • Example - Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
  • Definition - To getter.
  • Example - I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
  • Definition - To beget (of a father).
  • Example - I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
  • Definition - To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • Example - to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson
  • Definition - Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
  • Example - Get her with her new hairdo.
  • Definition - To go, to leave; to scram.
  • Example - Get her with her new hairdo.
  • Definition - To kill.
  • Example - They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
  • Definition - To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  • Example - They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
  • Definition - To measure.
  • Example - Did you get her temperature?
NOUN
  • Definition - The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
  • Example - Did you get her temperature?
  • Definition - That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
  • Example - Did you get her temperature?
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
getting 9
5 Letter Words
tinge 6
4 Letter Words
tegg 6 gent 5 gien 5 gite 5 ting 5 nett 4 nite 4 tein 4 tent 4 tine 4 tint 4
3 Letter Words
egg 5 gig 5 igg 5 eng 4 gen 4 get 4 gie 4 gin 4 git 4 neg 4 teg 4 net 3 nit 3 ten 3 tet 3 tie 3 tin 3 tit 3
2 Letter Words
gi 3 en 2 et 2 in 2 it 2 ne 2 te 2 ti 2
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