get

verb33

1. •
   to buy, win or find something so that it is yours

   • I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
   • Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
2. •
   To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).

   • I'm getting hungry; how about you?
   • I'm going out to get drunk.
3. •
   To cause to become; to bring about.

   • That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
   • I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
4. •
   To receive.

   • I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
   • He got a severe reprimand for that.
5. •
   (informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

   • "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."
6. •
   To have. See usage notes.

   • I've got a concert ticket for you.
7. •
   To fetch, bring, take.

   • Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
   • I need to get this to the office.
8. •
   To cause to come or go or move.

   • I got him to his room.
9. •
   To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

   • The actors are getting into position.
   • When are we going to get to London?
10. •
    To cause to do.

    • Somehow she got him to agree to it.
    • I can't get it to work.
11. •
    (informal) To understand. (compare get it)

    • Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
    • I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
12. •
    (informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.

    • He got bitten by a dog.
13. •
    (with full 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!
    • The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
14. •
    To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

    • I normally get the 7:45 train.
    • I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston.
15. •
    (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).

    • We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
    • After lunch we got chatting.
16. •
    To become ill with or catch (a disease).

    • I went on holiday and got malaria.
17. •
    (informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.

    • You get some very rude people here.
    • It was the kind of shop you used to get in most small towns.
18. •
    To hear completely; catch.

    • Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
19. •
    (informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.

    • The cops finally got me.
    • I'm gonna get him for that.
20. •
    (euphemistic) To kill.

    • They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
21. •
    To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

    • Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
22. •
    To find as an answer.

    • What did you get for question four?
23. •
    (informal) To catch out, trick successfully.

    • He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
24. •
    (informal) To perplex, stump.

    • That question's really got me.
25. •
    To cause someone to laugh.

    • It gets me every time!
26. •
    To measure.

    • Did you get her temperature?
27. •
    (informal) To go, to leave; to scram.

    • Get, now — get! — before I call an officer and lay a charge against ye. — 1991
28. •
    (informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

    • Get her with her new hairdo.
29. •
    To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
30. •
    To getter.

    • I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
31. •
    (no longer used) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

    • We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. — 1591
32. •
    (no longer used) To beget (of a father).

    • I had rather to adopt a child than get it. — 1603
33. •
    (no longer used) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

    • it being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty — 1662

noun7

1. •
   (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

   • In Israel, rabbinic courts can imprison men until they acquiesce and grant gets to their wives. — 2013
2. •
   (UK, Ireland) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).

   • Kylie: Oi, Bono! You lazy get! Have you finished my song yet? — 1990
3. •
   (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.

   • I had reconnected with the lust of my life while landing a big get for the magazine. — 2008
4. •
   Lineage.
5. •
   (old-fashioned) Offspring, especially illegitimate.

   • At the time when I am making these observations, one of his colts is the first favourite for the Derby; and it will be recollected, that a filly of his get won the Oaks in 1808. — 1810
6. •
   A difficult return or block of a shot.
7. •
   (Internet) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.

noun1

1. •
   A member of the Getae.