English Dictionary

get

/ɡɛt/

verb

(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. / (transitive) To receive. / (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes. / (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.

I need to get some groceries from the store.

意味（1）

(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

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

意味（2）

(transitive) To receive.

I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.

意味（3）

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

I've got a concert ticket for you.

意味（4）

(transitive) To fetch, bring, take.

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

意味（5）

(copulative) To become, or cause oneself to become.

I'm getting hungry; how about you?

意味（6）

(transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.

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

意味（7）

(transitive) To cause to do.

Somehow she got him to agree to it.

意味（8）

(transitive) To cause to come or go or move.

I got him to his room.

意味（9）

(intransitive, 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).

The actors are getting into position.

意味（10）

(transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

to get a mile

意味（11）

(intransitive) To begin (doing something or to do something).

We ought to get moving or we'll be late.

意味（12）

(transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

I normally get the 7:45 train.

意味（13）

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

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

意味（14）

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

I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!

意味（15）

(transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)

Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.

意味（16）

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

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

意味（17）

(informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.

He got bitten by a dog.

意味（18）

(transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).

I went on holiday and got malaria.

意味（19）

(transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.

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

意味（20）

(transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.

That question's really got me.

意味（21）

(transitive) To find as an answer.

What did you get for question four?

意味（22）

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

The cops finally got me.

意味（23）

(transitive) To hear completely; catch.

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

意味（24）

(transitive) To getter.

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

意味（25）

(now rare) To beget (of a father).

I had rather to adopt a child than get it.

意味（26）

(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

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

意味（27）

(imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

Get her with her new hairdo.

意味（28）

(intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.

Get, now — get! — before I call an officer and lay a charge against ye.

意味（29）

(euphemistic) To kill.

They’re coming to get you, Barbara.

意味（30）

(intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.

意味（31）

(transitive) To measure.

Did you get her temperature?