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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   Offspring.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   Lineage.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A difficult return or block of a shot.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   Something gained; an acquisition.

5. Meaning 5 · verb

   (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

   “I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.”

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To receive.

   “He got a severe reprimand for that.”

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.

   “I've got a concert ticket for you.”

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To fetch, bring, take.

   “Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?”

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   To become, or cause oneself to become.

   “I'm getting hungry; how about you?”

10. Meaning 10 · verb

    To cause to become; to bring about.

    “I can't get these boots off (or on).”

11. Meaning 11 · verb

    To cause to do.

    “I can't get it to work.”

12. Meaning 12 · verb

    To cause to come or go or move.

    “I got him to his room.”

13. Meaning 13 · verb

    To cause to be in a certain status or position.

    “Get him here at once.”

14. Meaning 14 · verb

    (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).

    “I'm getting into a muddle.”

15. Meaning 15 · verb

    To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

    “to get a mile”

16. Meaning 16 · verb

    To begin (doing something or to do something).

    “After lunch we got chatting.”

17. Meaning 17 · verb

    To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

    “I normally get the 7:45 train.”

18. Meaning 18 · verb

    To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

    “Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.”

19. Meaning 19 · verb

    (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

    “Great. I get to clean the toilets today.”

20. Meaning 20 · verb

    To understand. (compare get it)

    “I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!”

21. Meaning 21 · verb

    To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

    “"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."”

22. Meaning 22 · verb

    To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.

    “He got bitten by a dog.”

23. Meaning 23 · verb

    To become ill with or catch (a disease).

    “I went on holiday and got malaria.”

24. Meaning 24 · verb

    To catch out, trick successfully.

    “He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.”

25. Meaning 25 · verb

    To perplex, stump.

    “That question's really got me.”

26. Meaning 26 · verb

    To find as an answer.

    “What did you get for question four?”

27. Meaning 27 · verb

    To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

    “I'm gonna get him for that.”

28. Meaning 28 · verb

    To hear completely; catch.

    “Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?”

29. Meaning 29 · verb

    To getter.

    “I put the getter into the container to get the gases.”

30. Meaning 30 · verb

    To beget (of a father).

31. Meaning 31 · verb

    To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

    “to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson”

32. Meaning 32 · verb

    Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

    “Get her with her new hairdo.”

33. Meaning 33 · verb

    To go, to leave; to scram.

34. Meaning 34 · verb

    To kill.

    “They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”

35. Meaning 35 · verb

    To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

36. Meaning 36 · verb

    To measure.

    “Did you get her temperature?”

How this word is used

• Everyday “I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.”
• General “He got a severe reprimand for that.”
• General “I've got a concert ticket for you.”
• General “Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?”
• General “I'm getting hungry; how about you?”
• General “I can't get these boots off (or on).”
• General “I can't get it to work.”
• General “I got him to his room.”
• General “Get him here at once.”
• General “I'm getting into a muddle.”
• General “to get a mile”
• General “After lunch we got chatting.”
• General “I normally get the 7:45 train.”
• General “Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.”
• General “Great. I get to clean the toilets today.”
• General “I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!”
• General “"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."”
• General “He got bitten by a dog.”
• General “I went on holiday and got malaria.”
• General “He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.”
• General “That question's really got me.”
• General “What did you get for question four?”
• General “I'm gonna get him for that.”
• General “Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?”
• General “I put the getter into the container to get the gases.”
• General “to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson”
• General “Get her with her new hairdo.”
• General “They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”
• General “Did you get her temperature?”

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