Definition of Get
Get

Jet, the mineral.

Fashion; manner; custom.

Artifice; contrivance.

To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.

Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.

To beget; to procreate; to generate.

To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson.

To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.

To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.

To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.

To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.

To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.

Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

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Get Quotations

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
Buddha

I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Maya Angelou

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
Thomas Jefferson

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.
Stephen Covey

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
Wayne Dyer

You can never get enough of what you don't want.
Wayne Dyer

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
Wayne Dyer

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
Wayne Dyer

Get Translations

get in Afrikaans is oppik, vat, verwerf, neem, raak, aankom, bekom
get in Danish is gribe, blive, modtage, tage, tage op, hente
get in Dutch is verkrijgen, behalen, buit maken
get in Finnish is hankkia, saada, tulla joksikin, ottaa
get in German is bringen, lesen, holen, holen/bringen, erhalten
get in Italian is arrivare, cogliere, ricevere, venni, prendere
get in Latin is acquiro, quaero quero, traho, adepto, quaero
get in Portuguese is receber, obter, comece, adquirir
get in Spanish is acoger, obtener, coger, llegar, buscar, recibir