get

About 292.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To obtain; to acquire.

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

2. verb To receive.

   I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.

3. verb To have. See usage notes.

   I've got a concert ticket for you.

4. verb To fetch, bring, take.

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

5. verb To become, or cause oneself to become .

   I'm getting hungry; how about you?

6. verb To cause to become; to bring about.

   That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.

7. verb To cause to do.

   Somehow she got him to agree to it.

8. verb To cause to come or go or move.

   I got him to his room.

Similar words

obtain acquire bring bring forth begin set about arrive commence start become

Often followed by

the a to out it into back up rid in

Word family

gets getting gittin got gotten