Standard Lemma guide

get

noun · verb · 78 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɛt/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ɡɪt/ regionally restricted
  • US, regional: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ɡet/
  • rhymes with -ɛt
  • rhymes with -ɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: G EH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: G IH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Offspring, especially illegitimate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Lineage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A difficult return or block of a shot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, regional

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: git

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A Jewish writ of divorce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A member of the Getae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To obtain; to acquire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive, transitive

Examples

  • I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
  • Lance is going to get Mary a ring.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acquire, come by, have, accomplish, attain, catch, earn, fulfill, gain, get, get one's hands on, land, obtain, reach, realize, score, succeed, win, achieve, collect, find, gather, procure

Antonyms: lose

10

verb

Meaning 10

To receive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
  • He got a severe reprimand for that.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: receive, be given, acquire, accept, attain, come by, cop, enlist, fang, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, procure, secure, score, snag, take, win

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To have. See usage notes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I've got a concert ticket for you.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To fetch, bring, take.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
  • I need to get this to the office.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bring, fetch, retrieve

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: copulative

Qualifier: rather informal

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: become, turn, go, come, fall, grow, wax
  • I'm getting hungry; how about you?
  • I'm going out to get drunk.
  • November 1, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: become, turn, go, come, fall, grow, wax

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To cause to become; to bring about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
  • I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
  • I can't get these boots off.
  • I can’t get my hands warm.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cause to be, cause to become, make

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To cause to do.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Somehow she got him to agree to it.
  • I can't get it to work.
  • I can't get it working.
  • I can’t get my kids to go to bed early.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To cause to come or go or move.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I got him to his room.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, usually

Qualifier: such as into; over; or behind; get over; such as into; over; or behind; get over

Examples

  • The actors are getting into position.
  • When are we going to get to London?
  • I'm getting into a muddle.
  • We got behind the wall.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arrive at, reach, go, move

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to get a mile

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

(with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: catenative, intransitive

Examples

  • We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
  • After lunch we got chatting.
  • I'm getting to like him better now.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: begin, commence, start, go, inchoate, initiate, open, issue, get, originate, rock and roll

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I normally get the 7:45 train.
  • I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch, take

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: answer

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

(with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: catenative, intransitive

Examples

  • I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!
  • The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
  • Great. I get to clean the toilets today.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: be able to

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To understand. (compare get it)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
  • I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
  • I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dig, follow, make sense of, understand

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: auxiliary, informal

Examples

  • He got bitten by a dog.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: to be

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: impersonal, informal

Examples

  • You get some very rude people here.
  • It was the kind of shop you used to get in most small towns.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To become ill with or catch (a disease).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I went on holiday and got malaria.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch, come down with

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To catch out, trick successfully.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: con, deceive, dupe, hoodwink, trick, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, lead astray, overreach, put on, spoof, sham

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To perplex, stump.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • That question's really got me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confuse, perplex, stump

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To find as an answer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • What did you get for question four?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obtain

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • The cops finally got me.
  • I'm gonna get him for that.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch, nab, nobble

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To hear completely; catch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch, hear

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To getter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: getter

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To beget (of a father).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: imperative, informal

Examples

  • Get her with her new hairdo.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

To go, to leave; to scram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: imperative, informal, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get out, go, leave, scram, abscond, absquatulate, amscray, beat a retreat, beat it, beat feet, blow this popsicle stand, bolt, book it, dine and dash, do a bunk, do a flit, do a moonlight flit, do a runner, flee, fly the coop, jump, gas and dash, get lost, gnash, head for the hills, hightail, hightail it, hit the road, kick rocks, leg it, make a break for it, make a run for it, make tracks, namous, peg it, rabbit, run a mile, run away, run for the hills, run off, scamper, scat, scarper, shemozzle, skedaddle, smash and dash, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to one's heels, take to the hills, tear off, turn tail, vamoose, bug off, remove, egress, bugger off, book, bounce, buzz off, chuck, cut one's stick, dash, depart, duck out, exit, get away, go away, go out, GTFO, move on, part, piss off, pull up stakes, put out, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, run along, sling one's hook, split, take leave, take one's leave, take wing, quit

Antonyms: none provided

38

verb

Meaning 38

To kill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

Examples

  • They’re coming to get you, Barbara.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assault, beat, beat up

Antonyms: none provided

39

verb

Meaning 39

To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

verb

Meaning 40

To measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Did you get her temperature?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

To cause someone to laugh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • It gets me every time!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

noun

Meaning 42

a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: return

43

verb

Meaning 43

make children

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Abraham begot Isaac
  • Men often father children but don't recognize them

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

44

verb

Meaning 44

undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suffer, sustain, have

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: experience, receive, have, get

Narrower terms: break down, collapse, cramp, crack up, crack, crock up, break up

45

verb

Meaning 45

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He got AIDS
  • She came down with pneumonia
  • She took a chill

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contract, take

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sicken, come down

Narrower terms: catch

46

verb

Meaning 46

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He grew a beard
  • The patient developed abdominal pains
  • I got funny spots all over my body
  • Well-developed breasts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grow, develop, produce, acquire

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: fledge, feather, regrow, spring, sprout, stock, stool, tiller, leaf, pod, teethe, pupate, work up, get up, cut

47

verb

Meaning 47

give certain properties to something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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 millionaire
  • Make yourself clear

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: render, get, let, have, leave

48

verb

Meaning 48

cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He got his squad on the ball
  • This let me in for a big surprise
  • He got a girl into trouble

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: let, have

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, get

49

verb

Meaning 49

enter or assume a certain state or condition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: become, go

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change state, turn

Narrower terms: sober up, sober, work, take effect, run, take, break, settle

50

verb

Meaning 50

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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
  • Let's get down to work now

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get down, begin, start out, start, set about, set out, commence

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: recommence, strike out, fall, 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

51

verb

Meaning 51

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: receive, find, obtain, incur

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: take

52

verb

Meaning 52

grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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
  • I just don't get him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: understand

53

verb

Meaning 53

be a mystery or bewildering to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This beats me!
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!
  • a vexing problem
  • This question really stuck me

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate

Narrower terms: stump, mix up, riddle, elude, escape

54

verb

Meaning 54

reach by calculation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • What do you get when you add up these numbers?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

verb

Meaning 55

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: induce, stimulate, cause, have, make

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: decide, persuade, bring, solicit, encourage, let, lead, prompt, inspire, instigate, suborn, compel, oblige, obligate

56

verb

Meaning 56

move into a desired direction of discourse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • What are you driving at?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drive, aim

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mean, intend

57

verb

Meaning 57

communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Bill called this number and he got Mary
  • The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicate, intercommunicate

58

verb

Meaning 58

take vengeance on or get even

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We'll get them!
  • That'll fix him good!
  • This time I got him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pay back, pay off, fix

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: get even, get back

59

verb

Meaning 59

succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We finally got the suspect
  • Did you catch the thief?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch, capture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: seize, prehend, clutch

Narrower terms: recapture, retake, lasso, rope

60

verb

Meaning 60

reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the rock caught her in the back of the head
  • The blow got him in the back
  • The punch caught him in the stomach

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hit

61

verb

Meaning 61

go or come after and bring or take back

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Get me those books over there, please
  • Could you bring the wine?
  • The dog fetched the hat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bring, convey, fetch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise

Narrower terms: retrieve, deliver

62

verb

Meaning 62

attract and fix

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • His look caught her
  • She caught his eye
  • Catch the attention of the waiter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch, arrest

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in

63

verb

Meaning 63

overcome or destroy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The ice storm got my hibiscus
  • the cat got the goldfish

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: destroy, ruin

64

verb

Meaning 64

earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He drew a base on balls

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: draw

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: effect, effectuate, set up

65

verb

Meaning 65

apprehend and reproduce accurately

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
  • She got the mood just right in her photographs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reproduce

66

verb

Meaning 66

evoke an emotional response

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: touch, stir

67

verb

Meaning 67

irritate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Her childish behavior really get to me
  • His lying really gets me

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get under one's skin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil

68

verb

Meaning 68

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She arrived home at 7 o'clock
  • She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arrive, come

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: land, set down, drive in, put down, bring down, set ashore, shore, roll up, come, come in, reach, hit, attain, flood in, pull in, get in, move in, draw in, plump in

69

verb

Meaning 69

reach and board

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She got the bus just as it was leaving

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: catch

70

verb

Meaning 70

leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Scram!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scram, buzz off, fuck off, bugger off

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leave, go forth, go away

71

verb

Meaning 71

go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • get an idea
  • experience vertigo
  • get nauseous
  • receive injuries
  • have a feeling

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: experience, receive, have

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: undergo

Narrower terms: suffer, sustain, have, get, take, horripilate

72

verb

Meaning 72

receive as a retribution or punishment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He got 5 years in prison

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: receive

Antonyms: none provided

73

verb

Meaning 73

suffer from the receipt of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She will catch hell for this behavior!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hurt, ache, suffer

74

verb

Meaning 74

perceive by hearing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I didn't catch your name
  • She didn't get his name when they met the first time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hear

75

verb

Meaning 75

purchase

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • What did you get at the toy store?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: buy, purchase

76

verb

Meaning 76

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acquire

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: isolate, win back, get back, press out, express, extract, capture, catch, come by, come into, buy, purchase, lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take, receive, have, turn, find, glom, enter upon, come upon, luck into, line up, get hold, come up, accept, obtain, recover, retrieve, regain, recoup, recuperate, reclaim, repossess, acquire, win, gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in, garner, profit, benefit, partake, share, partake in, preempt, collect, pick up, gather up, call for, inherit, borrow, get, poll

77

verb

Meaning 77

achieve a point or goal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Nicklaus had a 70
  • The Brazilian team got 4 goals
  • She made 29 points that day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: have, make

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: score, hit, tally, rack up

78

verb

Meaning 78

acquire as a result of some effort or action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • You cannot get water out of a stone
  • Where did she get these news?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: get, acquire

History

Etymology

From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”). Cognates Cognate with Yola get (“to get”), Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjeta, gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to discover, find”); also Latin edera, hedera (“ivy”), praeda (“booty, pillage, plunder; prey; gain, profit”), prehendō, prēndō (“to grab, grasp, seize; to attain, reach”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to comprise, contain, hold”), Albanian gjej (“to find”).

Variant of git.

From Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ).

Across languages

Translations

518 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hungarian: géta — member of the Getae
  • Albanian: marr — to obtain
  • Arabic: اِسْتَلَمَ (istalama) — to obtain
  • Assamese: পোৱা (püa) — to obtain
  • Belarusian: дастава́ць (dastavácʹ) — to obtain
  • Belarusian: даста́ць (dastácʹ) — to obtain
  • Bengali: পাওয়া (paōẇa) — to obtain
  • Bulgarian: доби́вам (dobívam) — to obtain
  • Catalan: aconseguir — to obtain
  • Catalan: obtenir — to obtain
  • Chechen: эца (eca) — to obtain
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎩᎠ (agia) — to obtain
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏱᎭ (ayiha) — to obtain
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏯᏂᎭ (ayaniha) — to obtain
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 掇 (do) — to obtain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 获得 (huòdé) — to obtain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 得到 (dédào) — to obtain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 取 (qǔ) — to obtain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拿 (ná) — to obtain
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uparisa — to obtain
  • Czech: dostat — to obtain
  • Danish: få fat i — to obtain
  • Dutch: nemen — to obtain
  • Dutch: pakken — to obtain
  • Dutch: halen — to obtain
  • Esperanto: preni — to obtain
  • Esperanto: havigi — to obtain
  • Esperanto: akiri — to obtain
  • Finnish: saada — to obtain
  • French: obtenir — to obtain
  • North Frisian: füünj — to obtain
  • North Frisian: fu — to obtain
  • Georgian: მიღება (miɣeba) — to obtain
  • Georgian: აღება (aɣeba) — to obtain
  • Georgian: მოპოვება (moṗoveba) — to obtain
  • German: besorgen — to obtain
  • German: holen — to obtain
  • German: erwischen — to obtain
  • German: kriegen — to obtain
  • German: sich schnappen — to obtain
  • German: anschaffen — to obtain
  • Ancient Greek: κτάομαι (ktáomai) — to obtain
  • Ancient Greek: τυγχάνω (tunkhánō) — to obtain
  • Ancient Greek: λαμβάνω (lambánō) — to obtain
  • Ancient Greek: αἱρέω (hairéō) — to obtain
  • Hindi: पाना (pānā) — to obtain
  • Hungarian: szerez — to obtain
  • Icelandic: fá — to obtain
  • Ido: aquirar — to obtain
  • Ingrian: saavva — to obtain
  • Interlingua: obtener — to obtain
  • Irish: faigh — to obtain
  • Old Irish: ad·cota — to obtain
  • Italian: ottenere — to obtain
  • Italian: prendere — to obtain
  • Japanese: 得る (eru) — to obtain
  • Japanese: 手に入れる (te ni ireru) — to obtain
  • Japanese: 入手する (nyuushu suru) — to obtain
  • Japanese: 獲得する (kakutoku suru) — to obtain
  • Khmer: ទទួលបាន (tɔtuəl baan) — to obtain
  • Korean: 얻다 (eotda) — to obtain
  • Latin: potior — to obtain
  • Latin: impetro — to obtain
  • Latin: nanciscor — to obtain
  • Latin: assequor — to obtain
  • Latin: consequor — to obtain
  • Latvian: dabūt — to obtain
  • Latvian: iegūt — to obtain
  • Linngithigh: raec — to obtain
  • Macedonian: зе́ма (zéma) — to obtain
  • Maltese: kiseb — to obtain
  • Marathi: मिळवणे (miḷavṇe) — to obtain
  • Meänkieli: saaha — to obtain
  • Meänkieli: saaja — to obtain
  • Meänkieli: sada — to obtain
  • Meänkieli: saa'a — to obtain
  • Central Sierra Miwok: sun·u- (wood) — to obtain
  • Norwegian: få tak i — to obtain
  • Norwegian: oppnå — to obtain
  • Old English: beġietan — to obtain
  • Pela: ɣa35 — to obtain
  • Pela: ju55 — to obtain
  • Persian: بدست آوردن (bedast âvordan) — to obtain
  • Persian: گرفتن (gereftan) — to obtain
  • Polish: dostawać — to obtain
  • Polish: dostać — to obtain
  • Polish: otrzymywać — to obtain
  • Polish: otrzymać — to obtain
  • Portuguese: conseguir — to obtain
  • Portuguese: pegar — to obtain
  • Portuguese: arrumar — to obtain
  • Portuguese: obter — to obtain
  • Portuguese: adquirir — to obtain
  • Romanian: primi — to obtain
  • Romanian: obține — to obtain
  • Russian: достава́ть (dostavátʹ) — to obtain
  • Russian: доста́ть (dostátʹ) — to obtain
  • Sanskrit: लभते (labhate) — to obtain
  • Scottish Gaelic: faigh — to obtain
  • Serbo-Croatian: добивати — to obtain
  • Serbo-Croatian: добити — to obtain
  • Serbo-Croatian: dobivati — to obtain
  • Serbo-Croatian: dobiti — to obtain
  • Slovak: dostať — to obtain
  • Slovene: dobiti — to obtain
  • Spanish: conseguir — to obtain
  • Spanish: obtener — to obtain
  • Spanish: coger — to obtain
  • Spanish: conciliar — to obtain
  • Spanish: granjear — to obtain
  • Spanish: recabar — to obtain
  • Spanish: asacar — to obtain
  • Swahili: wahi — to obtain
  • Swahili: pata — to obtain
  • Swedish: få — to obtain
  • Swedish: skaffa — to obtain
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠃꠣ (faua) — to obtain
  • Tagalog: makuha — to obtain
  • Tamil: பெறு (peṟu) — to obtain
  • Tamil: கிடை (kiṭai) — to obtain
  • Telugu: పొందు (pondu) — to obtain
  • Turkish: elde etmek — to obtain
  • Turkish: ele geçirmek — to obtain
  • Ukrainian: дістава́ти (distaváty) — to obtain
  • Ukrainian: діста́ти (distáty) — to obtain
  • Vietnamese: được — to obtain
  • Vietnamese: lấy — to obtain
  • Volapük: getön — to obtain
  • Welsh: cael — to obtain
  • Zazaki: xo dest finen — to obtain
  • Arabic: اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala) — to receive
  • Assamese: পোৱা (püa) — to receive
  • Belarusian: атры́мліваць (atrýmlivacʹ) — to receive
  • Belarusian: атрыма́ць (atrymácʹ) — to receive
  • Bengali: পাওয়া (paōẇa) — to receive
  • Bulgarian: получа́вам (polučávam) — to receive
  • Bulgarian: полу́ча (polúča) — to receive
  • Burmese: ခံ (hkam) — to receive
  • Catalan: rebre — to receive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收到 (shōudào) — to receive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 接到 (jiēdào) — to receive
  • Czech: dostávat — to receive
  • Danish: få — to receive
  • Danish: modtage — to receive
  • Dutch: krijgen — to receive
  • Dutch: verkrijgen — to receive
  • Esperanto: ricevi — to receive
  • Finnish: saada — to receive
  • Finnish: vastaanottaa — to receive
  • French: recevoir — to receive
  • North Frisian: füünj — to receive
  • North Frisian: fu — to receive
  • West-Frisian: krije — to receive
  • Georgian: მიღება (miɣeba) — to receive
  • Georgian: აღება (aɣeba) — to receive
  • German: bekommen — to receive
  • German: kriegen — to receive
  • Greek: παίρνω (paírno) — to receive
  • Ancient Greek: δέχομαι (dékhomai) — to receive
  • Hungarian: szerez — to receive
  • Hungarian: kap — to receive
  • Ido: aquirar — to receive
  • Irish: faigh — to receive
  • Old Irish: ad·cota — to receive
  • Italian: ricevere — to receive
  • Japanese: 受け取る (uketoru) — to receive
  • Japanese: 貰う (morau) — to receive
  • Japanese: 得る (eru) — to receive
  • Japanese: 受ける (ukeru) — to receive
  • Khmer: ទទួលបាន (tɔtuəl baan) — to receive
  • Korean: 받다 (batda) — to receive
  • Latin: recipio — to receive
  • Latvian: saņemt — to receive
  • Latvian: iegūt — to receive
  • Latvian: dabūt — to receive
  • Macedonian: до́бива (dóbiva) — to receive
  • Norwegian: få — to receive
  • Norwegian: motta — to receive
  • Old English: underfōn — to receive
  • Persian: گرفتن (gereftan) — to receive
  • Polish: dostawać — to receive
  • Polish: dostać — to receive
  • Portuguese: receber — to receive
  • Portuguese: ganhar — to receive
  • Romanian: primi — to receive
  • Russian: получа́ть (polučátʹ) — to receive
  • Russian: получи́ть (polučítʹ) — to receive
  • Scottish Gaelic: faigh — to receive
  • Serbo-Croatian: primiti — to receive
  • Slovak: dostávať — to receive
  • Slovak: dostať — to receive
  • Slovene: prejeti — to receive
  • Spanish: tocarle — to receive
  • Spanish: competerle — to receive
  • Spanish: corresponderle — to receive
  • Swahili: wahi — to receive
  • Swahili: pata — to receive
  • Swedish: få — to receive
  • Swedish: ta emot — to receive
  • Swedish: emottaga — to receive
  • Swedish: mottaga — to receive
  • Swedish: motta — to receive
  • Swedish: erhålla — to receive
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠃꠣ (faua) — to receive
  • Tagalog: matanggap — to receive
  • Thai: ได้รับ (dâai ráp) — to receive
  • Thai: รับ (ráp) — to receive
  • Turkish: almak — to receive
  • Ukrainian: отри́мувати (otrýmuvaty) — to receive
  • Ukrainian: оде́ржувати (odéržuvaty) — to receive
  • Vietnamese: nhận được — to receive
  • Vietnamese: nhận — to receive
  • Zazaki: gêren — to receive
  • Zazaki: groten — to receive
  • Arabic: أَصْبَحَ (ʔaṣbaḥa) — to become
  • Armenian: դառնալ (daṙnal) — to become
  • Bulgarian: ставам (stavam) — to become
  • Catalan: convertir-se en — to become
  • Catalan: esdevenir — to become
  • Catalan: convertir-se — to become
  • Chinese Mandarin: 成 (chéng) — to become
  • Chinese Mandarin: 成為 /成为 (chéngwéi) — to become
  • Danish: blive — to become
  • Dutch: worden — to become
  • Esperanto: iĝi — to become
  • Esperanto: fariĝi — to become
  • Finnish: tulla — to become
  • French: devenir — to become
  • Georgian: გახდომა (gaxdoma) — to become
  • German: werden — to become
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan) — to become
  • Hungarian: lesz — to become
  • Italian: divenire — to become
  • Italian: diventare — to become
  • Japanese: 成る (naru) — to become
  • Japanese: 〜になる (... ni naru) — to become
  • Japanese: 〜となる (... to naru) — to become
  • Khmer: ទទួល (tɔtuəl) — to become
  • Korean: 되다 (doeda) — to become
  • Latin: fio — to become
  • Latin: ruo — to become
  • Latvian: kļūt — to become
  • Latvian: tikt — to become
  • Macedonian: станува (stanuva) — to become
  • Norwegian: bli — to become
  • Old English: weorþan — to become
  • Portuguese: tornar-se — to become
  • Portuguese: ficar — to become
  • Russian: станови́ться (stanovítʹsja) — to become
  • Russian: стать (statʹ) — to become
  • Russian: де́латься (délatʹsja) — to become
  • Russian: сде́латься (sdélatʹsja) — to become
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàs — to become
  • Spanish: volverse — to become
  • Spanish: convertirse en — to become
  • Spanish: ponerse — to become
  • Spanish: dársele — to become
  • Spanish: diñársele — to become
  • Spanish: pegársele — to become
  • Swahili: wahi — to become
  • Swahili: pata — to become
  • Swedish: bli — to become
  • Tagalog: maging — to become
  • Turkish: olmak — to become
  • Zazaki: biyen — to become
  • Bulgarian: правя (pravja) — to cause to become
  • Catalan: fer convertir-se en — to cause to become
  • Catalan: fer esdevenir — to cause to become
  • Dutch: maken — to cause to become
  • Finnish: saada — to cause to become
  • French: faire devenir — to cause to become
  • German: kriegen — to cause to become
  • German: machen — to cause to become
  • Italian: far diventare — to cause to become
  • Japanese: する — to cause to become
  • Japanese: 至らせる (itaraseru) — to cause to become
  • Latin: ago fieri — to cause to become
  • Old English: dōn — to cause to become
  • Portuguese: deixar — to cause to become
  • Portuguese: fazer tornar-se — to cause to become
  • Spanish: hacer volverse — to cause to become
  • Swedish: få — to cause to become
  • Swedish: göra — to cause to become
  • Zazaki: biyayen — to cause to become
  • Bulgarian: донасям (donasjam) — to fetch
  • Catalan: buscar — to fetch
  • Chinese Mandarin: 取 (qǔ) — to fetch
  • Dutch: halen — to fetch
  • Egyptian: ini:n (jnj) — to fetch
  • Finnish: hakea — to fetch
  • Finnish: noutaa — to fetch
  • French: ramener — to fetch
  • French: chercher — to fetch
  • Georgian: მოტანა (moṭana) — to fetch
  • Georgian: მიტანა (miṭana) — to fetch
  • German: mitbringen — to fetch
  • German: holen — to fetch
  • Icelandic: sækja — to fetch
  • Italian: trasportare — to fetch
  • Japanese: 持ち帰る (mochikaeru) — to fetch
  • Korean: 가져오다 (gajeooda) — to fetch
  • Latin: petō — to fetch
  • Latvian: atnest — to fetch
  • Latvian: atvest — to fetch
  • Macedonian: зе́ма (zéma) — to fetch
  • Portuguese: pegar — to fetch
  • Portuguese: buscar — to fetch
  • Russian: приноси́ть (prinosítʹ) — to fetch
  • Russian: принести́ (prinestí) — to fetch
  • Slovak: priniesť — to fetch
  • Lower Sorbian: hyś pó — to fetch
  • Lower Sorbian: jěś pó — to fetch
  • Spanish: traer — to fetch
  • Swedish: hämta — to fetch
  • Tagalog: kunin — to fetch
  • Zazaki: arden — to fetch
  • Finnish: pukea — to don
  • Finnish: pukeutua — to don
  • Japanese: 着る (kiru) — to don
  • Japanese: 履く (haku) — to don
  • Japanese: 身に付ける (minitsukeru) — to don
  • Korean: 입다 (ipda) — to don
  • Korean: 쓰다 (sseuda) — to don
  • Swedish: ta på — to don
  • Swedish: få på — to don
  • Zazaki: keren — to don
  • Zazaki: ken — to don
  • Finnish: riisua — to doff
  • Finnish: riisuuntua — to doff
  • Japanese: 脱ぐ (nugu) — to doff
  • Korean: 벗다 (beotda) — to doff
  • Swedish: ta av — to doff
  • Swedish: få av — to doff
  • Zazaki: serwer kerden — to doff
  • Zazaki: esten — to doff
  • Dutch: doen — to cause to do
  • Dutch: laten — to cause to do
  • Finnish: saada — to cause to do
  • German: bringen — to cause to do
  • German: kriegen — to cause to do
  • Old English: dōn — to cause to do
  • Old English: lǣtan — to cause to do
  • Old English: beġietan — to cause to do
  • Portuguese: fazer — to cause to do
  • Spanish: hacer que — to cause to do
  • Swedish: få — to cause to do
  • Zazaki: qandê kerden — to cause to do
  • Finnish: lähteä — to betake
  • Zazaki: ancen — to betake
  • Bulgarian: пристигам (pristigam) — to arrive at
  • Catalan: arribar — to arrive at
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到達 /到达 (dàodá) — to arrive at
  • Dutch: aankomen — to arrive at
  • Finnish: saapua — to arrive at
  • French: atteindre — to arrive at
  • French: arriver — to arrive at
  • Georgian: მისვლა (misvla) — to arrive at
  • Georgian: მიღწევა (miɣc̣eva) — to arrive at
  • German: ankommen — to arrive at
  • German: erreichen — to arrive at
  • German: eintreffen — to arrive at
  • Japanese: 至る (itaru) — to arrive at
  • Japanese: 達する (tassuru) — to arrive at
  • Japanese: 到達する (tōtatsu-suru) — to arrive at
  • Khmer: ទៅ (tɨv) — to arrive at
  • Korean: 도착하다 (dochakhada) — to arrive at
  • Korean: 이르다 (ireuda) — to arrive at
  • Korean: 도달하다 (dodalhada) — to arrive at
  • Macedonian: доаѓа (doaǵa) — to arrive at
  • Portuguese: chegar em/a — to arrive at
  • Russian: добира́ться (dobirátʹsja) — to arrive at
  • Russian: добра́ться (dobrátʹsja) — to arrive at
  • Russian: прибыва́ть (pribyvátʹ) — to arrive at
  • Russian: прибы́ть (pribýtʹ) — to arrive at
  • Spanish: llegar — to arrive at
  • Swedish: nå — to arrive at
  • Swedish: komma — to arrive at
  • Swedish: anlända — to arrive at
  • Tagalog: dumating — to arrive at
  • Zazaki: resayen — to arrive at
  • Zazaki: resen — to arrive at
  • Finnish: asettua — to adopt, assume (a position)
  • German: einnehmen — to adopt, assume (a position)
  • Italian: mettere — to adopt, assume (a position)
  • Portuguese: ficar — to adopt, assume (a position)
  • Spanish: ponerse — to adopt, assume (a position)
  • Zazaki: hesıbnayen — to adopt, assume (a position)
  • German: anfangen — to begin
  • Korean: 시작하다 (sijakhada) — to begin
  • Portuguese: começar a — to begin
  • Swedish: börja — to begin
  • Zazaki: kewten — to begin
  • Asturian: garrar — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Bulgarian: хващам (hvaštam) — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Dutch: nemen — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Finnish: ottaa — to take, catch (transportation)
  • German: nehmen — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Korean: 타다 (tada) — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Portuguese: pegar — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Spanish: tomar — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Spanish: agarrar — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Swedish: ta — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Zazaki: peren — to take, catch (transportation)
  • Finnish: vastata puhelimeen — to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)
  • Finnish: ottaa puhelu — to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)
  • Finnish: avata ovi — to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)
  • German: annehmen — to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)
  • Portuguese: atender — to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)
  • Tagalog: sumagot — to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)
  • Finnish: saada — to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity
  • German: können — to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity
  • Portuguese: poder — to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity
  • Portuguese: ter a chance de — to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity
  • Portuguese: ter a oportunidade de — to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity
  • Swedish: få — to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity
  • Swedish: kunna — to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity
  • Azerbaijani: tutmaq — colloquial: to understand
  • Bulgarian: схващам (shvaštam) — colloquial: to understand
  • Catalan: copsar — colloquial: to understand
  • Catalan: clissar — colloquial: to understand
  • Danish: forstå — colloquial: to understand
  • Dutch: begrijpen — colloquial: to understand
  • Dutch: verstaan — colloquial: to understand
  • Dutch: snappen — colloquial: to understand
  • Finnish: ymmärtää — colloquial: to understand
  • Finnish: tajuta — colloquial: to understand
  • French: capter — colloquial: to understand
  • French: piger — colloquial: to understand
  • German: kapieren — colloquial: to understand
  • German: haben — colloquial: to understand
  • German: schnallen — colloquial: to understand
  • Korean: 알아듣다 (aradeutda) — colloquial: to understand
  • Macedonian: сфаќа (sfaḱa) — colloquial: to understand
  • Norwegian: forstå — colloquial: to understand
  • Norwegian: fatte — colloquial: to understand
  • Old English: understandan — colloquial: to understand
  • Old English: onġietan — colloquial: to understand
  • Portuguese: sacar — colloquial: to understand
  • Portuguese: captar — colloquial: to understand
  • Portuguese: entender — colloquial: to understand
  • Russian: понима́ть (ponimátʹ) — colloquial: to understand
  • Russian: поня́ть (ponjátʹ) — colloquial: to understand
  • Russian: вруба́ться (vrubátʹsja) — colloquial: to understand
  • Russian: вруби́ться (vrubítʹsja) — colloquial: to understand
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuig — colloquial: to understand
  • Spanish: captar — colloquial: to understand
  • Spanish: pillar — colloquial: to understand
  • Spanish: guipar — colloquial: to understand
  • Swahili: wahi — colloquial: to understand
  • Swahili: pata — colloquial: to understand
  • Swedish: fatta — colloquial: to understand
  • Swedish: haja — colloquial: to understand
  • Swedish: begripa — colloquial: to understand
  • Tagalog: maintindihan — colloquial: to understand
  • Turkish: anlamak — colloquial: to understand
  • Catalan: ser — colloquial: to be
  • Dutch: worden — colloquial: to be
  • French: être — colloquial: to be
  • German: werden — colloquial: to be
  • Italian: essere — colloquial: to be
  • Latin: sum — colloquial: to be
  • Norwegian: bli — colloquial: to be
  • Old English: weorþan — colloquial: to be
  • Portuguese: ser — colloquial: to be
  • Scottish Gaelic: bi — colloquial: to be
  • Spanish: ser — colloquial: to be
  • Swahili: wahi — colloquial: to be
  • Swahili: pata — colloquial: to be
  • Swedish: bli — colloquial: to be
  • Finnish: saada — to become ill with
  • German: bekommen — to become ill with
  • German: kriegen — to become ill with
  • Portuguese: pegar — to become ill with
  • Swedish: bli — to become ill with
  • Finnish: höynäyttää — to catch out
  • Georgian: მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba) — to catch out
  • Georgian: გაცუცურაკება (gacucuraḳeba) — to catch out
  • German: kriegen — to catch out
  • German: schnappen — to catch out
  • German: erwischen — to catch out
  • German: fassen — to catch out
  • Portuguese: pegar — to catch out
  • Russian: подловить (podlovitʹ) — to catch out
  • Russian: провести (provesti) — to catch out
  • Russian: одурачить (oduračitʹ) — to catch out
  • Spanish: atrapar — to catch out
  • Finnish: askarruttaa — to perplex
  • Finnish: vaivata — to perplex
  • Georgian: გაოცება (gaoceba) — to perplex
  • German: drankriegen — to perplex
  • German: erwischen — to perplex
  • Portuguese: deixar pasmo — to perplex
  • Russian: поразить (porazitʹ) — to perplex
  • Russian: поставить в тупик (postavitʹ v tupik) — to perplex
  • Bulgarian: получавам (polučavam) — to find as an answer
  • Finnish: saada — to find as an answer
  • German: herausbekommen — to find as an answer
  • German: finden — to find as an answer
  • German: herauskriegen — to find as an answer
  • Portuguese: dar para alguém — to find as an answer
  • Swedish: få — to find as an answer
  • Finnish: napata — to bring to reckoning
  • German: drankriegen — to bring to reckoning
  • Portuguese: pegar — to bring to reckoning
  • Swedish: få — to bring to reckoning
  • Swedish: fånga — to bring to reckoning
  • Finnish: käydä kimppuun — to physically assault
  • Polish: dorwać — to physically assault
  • Portuguese: pegar — to physically assault
  • Finnish: kuulla hyvin — to hear completely
  • German: mitkriegen — to hear completely
  • German: verstehen — to hear completely
  • German: mitbekommen — to hear completely
  • Portuguese: ouvir direito — to hear completely
  • Swedish: uppfatta — to hear completely
  • Swedish: fatta — to hear completely
  • Swedish: höra — to hear completely
  • Spanish: decírselo [mucho] — to be told; be the recipient of