Dictionary entry details
• OBTAIN (verb)
Meaning:
Come into possession of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
How did you obtain the visa?
Hypernyms (to "obtain" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "obtain"):
snag (get by acting quickly and smartly)
shop (do one's shopping)
derive; gain (obtain)
bum; cadge; grub; mooch; sponge (ask for and get free; be a parasite)
eke out; squeeze out (obtain with difficulty)
get in; get into (secure a place in a college, university, etc.)
take out (obtain by legal or official process)
extract (get despite difficulties or obstacles)
procure; secure (get by special effort)
source (get (a product) from another country or business)
kite (get credit or money by using a bad check)
extort; wring from (get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner)
dig up; excavate; turn up (find by digging in the ground)
carry (secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions))
grab (obtain illegally or unscrupulously)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
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 "obtain" 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 "obtain"):
take (ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Be valid, applicable, or true
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
prevail; obtain; hold
Context example:
This theory still holds
Hypernyms (to "obtain" is one way to...):
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
