Dictionary entry details
• GET (noun)
Meaning:
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("get" is a kind of...):
return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)
• GET (verb)
Meaning:
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
acquire; get
Context examples:
She got a lot of paintings from her uncle / They acquired a new pet / Get your results the next day / Get permission to take a few days off from work
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
benefit; gain; profit (derive a benefit from)
earn; garner (acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions)
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages)
acquire; gain; win (win something through one's efforts)
find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)
reclaim; repossess (claim back)
recoup; recover; recuperate (regain or make up for)
partake; partake in; share (have, give, or receive a share of)
preempt (acquire for oneself before others can do so)
preempt (gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land))
call for; collect; gather up; pick up (gather or collect)
come into; inherit (obtain from someone after their death)
borrow (get temporarily)
pick up (get in addition, as an increase)
get (acquire as a result of some effort or action)
poll (get the votes of)
catch (get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly)
find; recover; regain; retrieve (get or find back; recover the use of)
get back; win back (recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost)
express; extract; press out (obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action)
capture; catch (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping)
come by (obtain, especially accidentally)
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
charter; engage; hire; lease; rent; take (engage for service under a term of contract)
have; receive (get something; come into possession of)
turn (get by buying and selling)
buy (acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange)
find (obtain through effort or management)
glom (seize upon or latch onto something)
come upon; enter upon; luck into (take possession of)
come up; find; get hold; line up (get something or somebody for a specific purpose)
accept; have; take (receive willingly something given or offered)
obtain (come into possession of)
isolate (obtain in pure form)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
The children get the ball
Meaning:
Enter or assume a certain state or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
become; get; go
Context examples:
He became annoyed when he heard the bad news / It must be getting more serious / her face went red with anger / She went into ecstasy / Get going!
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
settle (become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet)
break (come into being)
take (be seized or affected in a specified way)
run (change from one state to another)
take effect (go into effect or become effective or operative)
work (arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion)
sober; sober up (become more realistic)
sober; sober up (become sober after excessive alcohol consumption)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
John will get angry
Also:
get ahead (obtain advantages, such as points, etc.)
get along; get on (develop in a positive way)
get over (get on top of; deal with successfully)
Meaning:
Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
get; let; have
Context examples:
He got his squad on the ball / This let me in for a big surprise / He got a girl into trouble
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
get; make (give certain properties to something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
incur; obtain; receive; get; find
Context examples:
These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation / His movie received a good review / I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
take (ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
arrive; come; get
Context examples:
She arrived home at 7 o'clock / She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
plump in (arrive suddenly and unannounced)
draw in; get in; move in; pull in (move into (a station) of trains)
flood in (arrive in great numbers)
attain; hit; reach (reach a point in time, or a certain state or level)
come; come in (be received)
roll up (arrive in a vehicle:)
land; set ashore; shore (arrive on shore)
bring down; land; put down (cause to come to the ground)
drive in (arrive by motorcar)
land; set down (reach or come to rest)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Go or come after and bring or take back
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
fetch; bring; get; convey
Context examples:
Get me those books over there, please / Could you bring the wine? / The dog fetched the hat
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)
"Get" entails doing...:
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
retrieve (run after, pick up, and bring to the master)
deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
undergo; experience; have; receive; get
Context examples:
get an idea / experience vertigo / get nauseous / undergo a strange sensation / The chemical undergoes a sudden change / The fluid undergoes shear / receive injuries / have a feeling
"Get" entails doing...:
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
horripilate (have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps)
take (experience or feel or submit to)
get; have; suffer; sustain (undergo (as of injuries and illnesses))
labor; labour (undergo the efforts of childbirth)
respire (undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Take vengeance on or get even
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
pay back; fix; pay off; get
Context examples:
We'll get them! / That'll fix him good! / This time I got him
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
get back; get even (take revenge or even out a score)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Achieve a point or goal
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
get; have; make
Context examples:
Nicklaus had a 70 / The Brazilian team got 4 goals / She made 29 points that day
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
stimulate; induce; cause; make; get; have
Context examples:
The ads induced me to buy a VCR / My children finally got me to buy a computer / My wife made me buy a new sofa
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
compel; obligate; oblige (force or compel somebody to do something)
suborn (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony)
inspire; instigate; prompt (serve as the inciting cause of)
lead (cause to undertake a certain action)
let (actively cause something to happen)
encourage (spur on)
solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination)
bring (induce or persuade)
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
decide (cause to decide)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They get him to write the letter
Meaning:
Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
capture; catch; get
Context examples:
We finally got the suspect / Did you catch the thief?
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
clutch; prehend; seize (take hold of; grab)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
lasso; rope (catch with a lasso)
recapture; retake (capture again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
acquire; develop; produce; grow; get
Context examples:
He grew a beard / The patient developed abdominal pains / I got funny spots all over my body / Well-developed breasts
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
cut (have grow through the gums)
get up; work up (develop)
pupate (develop into a pupa)
teethe (grow teeth; cut the baby teeth)
pod (produce pods, of plants)
leaf (produce leaves, of plants)
stool; tiller (grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers)
sprout; stock (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots)
spring (develop suddenly)
regrow (grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption)
feather; fledge (grow feathers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
contract; get; take
Context examples:
He got AIDS / She came down with pneumonia / She took a chill
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
come down; sicken (get sick)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
catch (contract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context examples:
Bill called this number and he got Mary / The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Give certain properties to something
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
make; get
Context examples:
get someone mad / She made us look silly / He made a fool of himself at the meeting / Don't make this into a big deal / This invention will make you a millionaire / Make yourself clear
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
leave (act or be so as to become in a specified state)
get; have; let (cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition)
render (cause to become)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Move into a desired direction of discourse
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
aim; drive; get
Context example:
What are you driving at?
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
intend; mean (mean or intend to express or convey)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
get; catch
Context examples:
did you catch that allusion? / We caught something of his theory in the lecture / don't catch your meaning / did you get it? / She didn't get the joke / I just don't get him
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Attract and fix
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
arrest; catch; get
Context examples:
His look caught her / She caught his eye / Catch the attention of the waiter
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
catch; get
Context examples:
the rock caught her in the back of the head / The blow got him in the back / The punch caught him in the stomach
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Reach by calculation
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
What do you get when you add up these numbers?
"Get" entails doing...:
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Acquire as a result of some effort or action
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context examples:
You cannot get water out of a stone / Where did she get these news?
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Purchase
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
What did you get at the toy store?
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Perceive by hearing
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
catch; get
Context examples:
I didn't catch your name / She didn't get his name when they met the first time
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
hear (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Suffer from the receipt of
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
catch; get
Context example:
She will catch hell for this behavior!
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
ache; hurt; suffer (feel physical pain)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Receive as a retribution or punishment
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
receive; get
Context example:
He got 5 years in prison
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
scram; buzz off; bugger off; fuck off; get
Context example:
Scram!
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Reach and board
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
She got the bus just as it was leaving
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
catch (reach in time)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Irritate
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
get under one's skin; get
Context examples:
Her childish behavior really get to me / His lying really gets me
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Evoke an emotional response
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
stir; touch (affect emotionally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will get him
Meaning:
Apprehend and reproduce accurately
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
catch; get
Context examples:
She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings / She got the mood just right in her photographs
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
reproduce (recreate an idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. as by artistic means)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
draw; get
Context example:
He drew a base on balls
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
effect; effectuate; set up (produce)
Domain category:
baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Overcome or destroy
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
The ice storm got my hibiscus / the cat got the goldfish
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be a mystery or bewildering to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
puzzle; perplex; nonplus; mystify; flummox; dumbfound; bewilder; baffle; stupefy; amaze; gravel; vex; pose; stick; beat; get
Context examples:
This beats me! / Got me--I don't know the answer! / a vexing problem / This question really stuck me
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
elude; escape (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by)
riddle (set a difficult problem or riddle)
mix up; stump (cause to be perplexed or confounded)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
begin; commence; start out; set out; start; set about; get down; get
Context examples:
We began working at dawn / Who will start? / Get working as soon as the sun rises! / The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia / He began early in the day / Let's get down to work now
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
break in (start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role)
launch; plunge (begin with vigor)
come on (occur or become available)
embark; enter (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study))
bestir oneself; get cracking; get going; get moving; get rolling; get started; get weaving (start to be active)
attack (set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task)
auspicate (commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck)
get to (arrive at the point of)
jump off (set off quickly, usually with success)
fall (begin vigorously)
strike out (set out on a course of action)
recommence (begin again)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sentence example:
They get moving
Meaning:
Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
sustain; suffer; have; get
Context examples:
She suffered a fracture in the accident / He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars / She got a bruise on her leg / He got his arm broken in the scuffle
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
experience; get; have; receive; undergo (go through (mental or physical states or experiences))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get"):
break down; collapse (collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack)
break up; collapse; crack; crack up; crock up (suffer a nervous breakdown)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make children
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
beget; sire; father; engender; mother; generate; bring forth; get
Context examples:
Abraham begot Isaac / Men often father children but don't recognize them
Hypernyms (to "get" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
