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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb get 14 of 37 senses of get Sense 1 get acquire => isolate => win back get back => press out express, extract => capture, catch => come by => buy purchase => lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take => receive, have => turn => buy => find => glom => enter upon come upon luck into => line up get hold come up find => accept take have => obtain => recover, retrieve, find regain => catch => recover, recoup => reclaim, repossess => find regain => win, gain => gain, take in clear, make earn, realize, realise, pull in bring in => earn, garner => profit, gain, benefit => partake, share, partake in => preempt => collect, pick up gather up call for => inherit, come into => borrow => pick up => get => poll Sense 2 become go get => sober up sober => sober up sober => work => take effect => run => take => break => settle => come Sense 4 receive, get find obtain, incur => take Sense 5 arrive, get come => land, set down => drive in => land, put down bring down => land, set ashore, shore => come come in => reach, hit, attain => flood in => pull in get in move in draw in => plump in Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => retrieve => deliver Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo => suffer, sustain, have get => take Sense 10 induce, stimulate, cause have get make => decide => persuade => bring => encourage => let => lead => prompt, inspire, instigate => compel, oblige, obligate Sense 11 get catch, capture => recapture, retake => lasso, rope Sense 12 grow, develop, produce, get acquire => fledge, feather => regrow => spring => sprout => stool, tiller => leaf => pod => teethe => pupate => work up get up => cut Sense 13 contract, take get => catch Sense 15 make get => render => get let have => leave Sense 34 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => stump, mix up => stagger => riddle => elude, escape Sense 35 begin, get start out start set about set out commence => strike out => fall => launch => jump off => get to => auspicate => attack => break in => plunge, launch => come on => embark, enter => get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving get weaving, get started, get rolling Sense 36 suffer, sustain, have get => crack up crack, crock up break up collapse Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb get 14 of 37 senses of get Sense 1 get acquire => isolate => preisolate => win back get back => press out express, extract => ream => capture, catch => hunt, run, hunt down track down => snipe => whale => still-hunt, ambush => drive => drive => rabbit => fowl => grouse => snipe => poach => seal => ferret => course => foxhunt => tree => jacklight, jack => forage => hawk => falcon => fowl => scrounge, forage => bag => batfowl => recapture => rat => trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel => gin => come by => stumble, hit => buy purchase => take => get => subscribe, subscribe to take => take over buy out buy up => pick up => take out buy food => impulse-buy => lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take => receive, have => take in take up => fuel => refuel => accept => fence => graduate => inherit => turn => buy => find => glom => enter upon come upon luck into => line up get hold come up find => accept take have => accept admit take take on => welcome => honor, honour => adopt, borrow, take over take up => obtain => carry => excavate, dig up turn up => grub up grub out => nuzzle => disinter, exhume => extort, wring from => pry, prise => procure, secure => copyright => patent => engage, enlist => recruit => extract => take out => get in get into => eke out squeeze out => mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge => freeload => derive, gain => reap, draw => shop => snag => grab => outsource => recover, retrieve, find regain => access => log in log on login => catch => recover, recoup => make up catch up with => reclaim, repossess => distrain => foreclose => find regain => feel => locate, turn up => unearth => pinpoint, nail => fall upon strike, come upon light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon attain, discover => rout up rout out => win, gain => cozen => gain, take in clear, make earn, realize, realise, pull in bring in => eke out squeeze out => profit => line one's pockets => turn a nice dime, turn a nice penny, turn a nice dollar => clean up => scoop, make a scoop => rake off => take home, bring home => rake in shovel in => gross => yield, pay bear => net, clear => pay off => earn, garner => letter => profit, gain, benefit => cash in on => profiteer => capitalize, capitalise, take advantage => pyramid => net, sack, sack up clear => partake, share, partake in => cut in => preempt => collect, pick up gather up call for => inherit, come into => borrow => pick up => get => poll Sense 2 become go get => sober up sober => sober up sober => work => take effect => run => take => break => settle => come Sense 4 receive, get find obtain, incur => take Sense 5 arrive, get come => land, set down => alight, light, perch => force-land => beach => port => disembark, debark, set down => touch down => undershoot => belly-land => crash land => ditch => drive in => land, put down bring down => land, set ashore, shore => come come in => reach, hit, attain => max out => break even => flood in => pull in get in move in draw in => plump in Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => retrieve => deliver => misdeliver => serve, process, swear out => subpoena => drop, set down put down unload, discharge => wharf => air-drop => consign Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo => suffer, sustain, have get => crack up crack, crock up break up collapse => take Sense 10 induce, stimulate, cause have get make => decide => persuade => bring round, bring around => badger => sell => chat up => talk into => rope in => wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle => soft-soap => browbeat, bully, swagger => convert, win over convince => proselytize => disarm => brainwash => charm, influence, tempt => magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, bewitch, spellbind => prevail => drag => tempt => seduce, score, make => bring => encourage => let => lead => give => prompt, inspire, instigate => compel, oblige, obligate => force, thrust => stick, sting => walk => parade, exhibit, march => march => coerce, hale, pressure, force => turn up the heat, turn up the pressure => drive => bludgeon => steamroller, steamroll => squeeze for => dragoon, railroad => terrorize, terrorise => bring oneself => clamor => condemn => shame => enforce, implement, apply => clamp down get tough => run => execute => give Sense 11 get catch, capture => recapture, retake => lasso, rope Sense 12 grow, develop, produce, get acquire => fledge, feather => regrow => spring => sprout => stool, tiller => leaf => pod => teethe => pupate => work up get up => cut Sense 13 contract, take get => catch => catch cold Sense 15 make get => render => get let have => leave Sense 34 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => stump, mix up => stagger => riddle => elude, escape => defy, resist, refuse => beggar Sense 35 begin, get start out start set about set out commence => strike out => fall => launch => jump off => get to => auspicate => attack => break in => plunge, launch => come on => embark, enter => take up => get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving get weaving, get started, get rolling Sense 36 suffer, sustain, have get => crack up crack, crock up break up collapse Entailment of verb get 3 of 37 senses of get Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => come come up Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo => perceive, comprehend Sense 20 get => calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out reckon, figure Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb get 37 senses of get Sense 1 get acquire Sense 2 become go get => change state, turn Also See-> get on#6; get along#3; get over#4; get ahead#1 Sense 3 get let have => make get Sense 4 receive, get find obtain, incur => change Sense 5 arrive, get come Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo Sense 8 pay back pay off get fix => get even get back Sense 9 have get make => score, hit, tally, rack up Sense 10 induce, stimulate, cause have get make Sense 11 get catch, capture => seize, prehend, clutch Sense 12 grow, develop, produce, get acquire => change Sense 13 contract, take get => sicken, come down Sense 14 get => communicate, intercommunicate Sense 15 make get => change, alter Sense 16 drive, get aim => mean intend Sense 17 catch, get => understand Sense 18 catch, arrest, get => attract, pull pull in draw in Sense 19 get catch => hit Sense 20 get Sense 21 may can, get Sense 22 get => get acquire Sense 23 get => buy purchase Sense 24 catch, get => hear Sense 25 catch, get => hurt, ache, suffer Sense 26 get receive Sense 27 scram, buzz off fuck off get bugger off => leave go forth, go away Sense 28 get => catch Sense 29 get => annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil Sense 30 get => touch, stir Sense 31 catch, get => reproduce Sense 32 draw, get => effect, effectuate, bring about set up Sense 33 get => destroy, ruin Sense 34 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate Sense 35 begin, get start out start set about set out commence Sense 36 suffer, sustain, have get => experience, receive, have get undergo Sense 37 beget, get engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth => make create Familiarity of verb get get used as a verb is extremely familiar (polysemy count = 37) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb get Sense 1 get acquire Sense 4 receive, get find obtain, incur => change -------------- Sense 5 arrive, get come Sense 28 get => catch -------------- Sense 17 catch, get => understand Sense 20 get Sense 22 get => get acquire Sense 31 catch, get => reproduce -------------- Sense 25 catch, get => hurt, ache, suffer Sense 26 get receive -------------- Sense 29 get => annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil Sense 30 get => touch, stir -------------- Sense 2 become go get => change state, turn -------------- Sense 3 get let have => make get -------------- Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize -------------- Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo -------------- Sense 8 pay back pay off get fix => get even get back -------------- Sense 9 have get make => score, hit, tally, rack up -------------- Sense 10 induce, stimulate, cause have get make -------------- Sense 11 get catch, capture => seize, prehend, clutch -------------- Sense 12 grow, develop, produce, get acquire => change -------------- Sense 13 contract, take get => sicken, come down -------------- Sense 14 get => communicate, intercommunicate -------------- Sense 15 make get => change, alter -------------- Sense 16 drive, get aim => mean intend -------------- Sense 18 catch, arrest, get => attract, pull pull in draw in -------------- Sense 19 get catch => hit -------------- Sense 21 may can, get -------------- Sense 23 get => buy purchase -------------- Sense 24 catch, get => hear -------------- Sense 27 scram, buzz off fuck off get bugger off => leave go forth, go away -------------- Sense 32 draw, get => effect, effectuate, bring about set up -------------- Sense 33 get => destroy, ruin -------------- Sense 34 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -------------- Sense 35 begin, get start out start set about set out commence -------------- Sense 36 suffer, sustain, have get => experience, receive, have get undergo -------------- Sense 37 beget, get engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth => make create -------------- Overview of verb get The verb get has 37 senses (first 20 from tagged texts) 1. (235) get acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "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") 2. (157) become go get -- (enter or assume a certain state or condition; "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!") 3. (82) get let have -- (cause to move cause to be in a certain position or condition: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble") 4. (64) receive, get find obtain, incur -- (receive a specified treatment (abstract); "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") 5. (58) arrive, get come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight") 6. (45) bring get convey, fetch -- (go or come after and bring or take back "Get me those books over there please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat") 7. (36) experience, receive, have get undergo -- (of mental or physical states or experiences: "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") 8. (14) pay back pay off get fix -- (take vengeance on or get even "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him") 9. (9) have get make -- (achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day") 10. (7) induce, stimulate, cause have get make -- (cause to do cause to act in a specified manner: "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") 11. (4) get catch, capture -- (succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?") 12. (4) grow, develop, produce, get acquire -- (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts") 13. (4) contract, take get -- (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill") 14. (3) get -- (communicate with a place or person; establish communication with as if by telephone: "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake") 15. (3) make get -- (give certain properties to something "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 famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear") 16. (2) drive, get aim -- (move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?") 17. (2) catch, get -- (grasp with the mind; "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") 18. (1) catch, arrest, get -- (attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter") 19. (1) get catch -- (reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot: "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach") 20. (1) get -- (reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?") 21. may can, get -- (get to or be allowed to do something "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long") 22. get -- (acquire as a result of some effort or action "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?") 23. get -- (purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?") 24. catch, get -- (perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time") 25. catch, get -- (suffer from the receipt of "She will catch hell for this behavior!") 26. get receive -- (receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison") 27. scram, buzz off fuck off get bugger off -- (leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form "Scram!") 28. get -- (reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving") 29. get -- (irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me") 30. get -- (evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time") 31. catch, get -- (apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs") 32. draw, get -- (in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls") 33. get -- (overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish") 34. perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!") 35. begin, get start out start set about set out commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "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") 36. suffer, sustain, have get -- (undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "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") 37. beget, get engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth -- (make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them") Grep of adj gotten begotten forgotten ill-gotten lawfully-begotten misbegotten Overview of verb get The verb get has 37 senses (first 20 from tagged texts) 1. (235) get acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "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") 2. (157) become go get -- (enter or assume a certain state or condition; "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!") 3. (82) get let have -- (cause to move cause to be in a certain position or condition: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble") 4. (64) receive, get find obtain, incur -- (receive a specified treatment (abstract); "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") 5. (58) arrive, get come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight") 6. (45) bring get convey, fetch -- (go or come after and bring or take back "Get me those books over there please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat") 7. (36) experience, receive, have get undergo -- (of mental or physical states or experiences: "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") 8. (14) pay back pay off get fix -- (take vengeance on or get even "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him") 9. (9) have get make -- (achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day") 10. (7) induce, stimulate, cause have get make -- (cause to do cause to act in a specified manner: "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") 11. (4) get catch, capture -- (succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?") 12. (4) grow, develop, produce, get acquire -- (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts") 13. (4) contract, take get -- (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill") 14. (3) get -- (communicate with a place or person; establish communication with as if by telephone: "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake") 15. (3) make get -- (give certain properties to something "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 famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear") 16. (2) drive, get aim -- (move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?") 17. (2) catch, get -- (grasp with the mind; "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") 18. (1) catch, arrest, get -- (attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter") 19. (1) get catch -- (reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot: "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach") 20. (1) get -- (reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?") 21. may can, get -- (get to or be allowed to do something "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long") 22. get -- (acquire as a result of some effort or action "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?") 23. get -- (purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?") 24. catch, get -- (perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time") 25. catch, get -- (suffer from the receipt of "She will catch hell for this behavior!") 26. get receive -- (receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison") 27. scram, buzz off fuck off get bugger off -- (leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form "Scram!") 28. get -- (reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving") 29. get -- (irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me") 30. get -- (evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time") 31. catch, get -- (apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs") 32. draw, get -- (in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls") 33. get -- (overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish") 34. perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!") 35. begin, get start out start set about set out commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "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") 36. suffer, sustain, have get -- (undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "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") 37. beget, get engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth -- (make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them")
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