VERB | possession | get, acquire | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
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change | get, become, go | enter or assume a certain state or condition | |
change | get, let, have | cause to move | |
change | get, receive, find, obtain, incur | receive a specified treatment (abstract) | |
motion | get, arrive, come | reach a destination | |
contact | get, bring, convey, fetch | go or come after and bring or take back | |
perception | get, experience, receive, have | go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | |
competition | get, pay back, pay off, fix | take vengeance on or get even | |
possession | get, have, make | achieve a point or goal | |
communication | get, induce, stimulate, cause, have, make | cause to do | |
contact | get, catch, capture | succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | |
body | get, grow, develop, produce, acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | |
body | get, contract, take | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | |
communication | get | communicate with a place or person | |
change | get, make | give certain properties to something | |
communication | get, drive, aim | move into a desired direction of discourse | |
cognition | get, catch | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of | |
contact | get, catch, arrest | attract and fix | |
contact | get, catch | reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | |
cognition | get | reach by calculation | |
possession | get | acquire as a result of some effort or action | |
possession | get | purchase | |
perception | get, catch | perceive by hearing | |
perception | get, catch | suffer from the receipt of | |
perception | get, receive | receive as a retribution or punishment | |
motion | get, scram, buzz off, fuck off, bugger off | leave immediately | |
motion | get | reach and board | |
emotion | get, get under one's skin | irritate | |
emotion | get | evoke an emotional response | |
creation | get, catch | apprehend and reproduce accurately | |
creation | get, draw | earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher | |
contact | get | overcome or destroy | |
cognition | get, perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | be a mystery or bewildering to | |
change | get, get down, begin, start out, start, set about, set out, commence | take the first ... / first step or steps in carrying out an action | |
body | get, suffer, sustain, have | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | |
body | get, beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth | make children | |
NOUN | act | get | a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent |
Sounds | geh't; gih't | |
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Rhymes | abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht... | |
acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... |
Meaning | A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent. | |
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Broader | return | A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player |
Meaning | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Model | The children get the ball | |
Examples |
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Synonym | acquire | |
Narrower | accept, take, have | Receive willingly something given or offered |
acquire, win, gain | win something through one's efforts | |
borrow | Get temporarily | |
buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase | |
buy | acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange | |
capture, catch | Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | |
catch | Get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly | |
collect, pick up, gather up, call for | Gather or collect | |
come by, come into | Obtain, especially accidentally | |
earn, garner, win | acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | |
enter upon, come upon, luck into | Take possession of | |
find, regain | come upon after searching | |
find | Obtain through effort or management | |
gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction | |
get | acquire as a result of some effort or action | |
glom | seize upon or latch onto something | |
inherit | Obtain from someone after their death | |
isolate | Obtain in pure form | |
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take | Engage for service under a term of contract | |
line up, get hold, come up, find | Get something or somebody for a specific purpose | |
obtain | Come into possession of | |
partake, share, partake in | Have, give, or receive a share of | |
pick up | Get in addition, as an increase | |
poll | Get the votes of | |
preempt | acquire for oneself before others can do so | |
preempt | Gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land) | |
press out, express, extract | Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | |
profit, gain, benefit | derive a benefit from | |
receive, have | Get something | |
reclaim, repossess | claim back | |
recover, retrieve, find, regain | get or find back | |
recover, recoup, recuperate | regain or make up for | |
turn | Get by buying and selling | |
win back, get back | Recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost | |
Similar to | receive, get, find, obtain, incur | Receive a specified treatment (abstract) |
Spanish | adquirir, conseguir, lograr, obtener, sacar, tomar | |
Catalan | aconseguir, adquirir, obtenir, prendre | |
Nouns | getting | the act of acquiring something |
Meaning | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | John will get angry | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | become, go | |
Narrower | break | come into being |
run | change from one state to another | |
settle | Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet | |
sober up, sober | Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption | |
sober up, sober | Become more realistic | |
take | Be seized or affected in a specified way | |
take effect | go into effect or become effective or operative | |
work | arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion | |
Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
See also | get ahead | obtain advantages, such as points, etc. |
get on, get along | develop in a positive way | |
get over | get on top of | |
Spanish | constituir, devenir, iniciar, llegar a ser, ponerse, tornar, volverse | |
Catalan | constituir, esdevenir, iniciar, posar-se, tornar-se, tornar |
Meaning | Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Synonyms | let, have | |
Broader | make, get | Give certain properties to something |
Spanish | poner | |
Catalan | posar |
Meaning | Receive a specified treatment (abstract). | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | receive, find, obtain, incur | |
Narrower | take | Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Similar to | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Spanish | adquirir, encontrar, obtener, recibir | |
Catalan | obtenir |
Meaning | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" | |
Synonyms | arrive, come | |
Entailed by | immigrate | Come into a new country and change residency |
Narrower | come, come in | Be received |
drive in | arrive by motorcar | |
flood in | arrive in great numbers | |
land, set down | reach or come to rest | |
land, put down, bring down | Cause to come to the ground | |
land, set ashore, shore | arrive on shore | |
plump in | arrive suddenly and unannounced | |
pull in, get in, move in, draw in | Of trains | |
reach, hit, attain | Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | |
roll up | arrive in a vehicle | |
Opposite | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
Similar to | get | reach and board |
Spanish | alcanzar, arribar, llegar, venir | |
Catalan | arribar, venir |
Meaning | go or come after and bring or take back. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "Get me those books over there, please" | |
Synonyms | bring, convey, fetch | |
Entails | come, come up | Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody |
Narrower | deliver | Bring to a destination, make a delivery |
retrieve | Run after, pick up, and bring to the master | |
retrieve | Go for and bring back | |
Broader | transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise | Send from one person or place to another |
Opposite | take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off | Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state |
Similar to | bring, convey, take | Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
Spanish | acercar, coger, llevar, portar, traer | |
Catalan | agafar, dur, portar, transportar |
Meaning | go through (mental or physical states or experiences). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | experience, receive, have | |
Entails | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
Narrower | horripilate | Have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps |
suffer, sustain, have, get | Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | |
take | Experience or feel or submit to | |
Broader | undergo | Pass through |
Spanish | experimentar, tener | |
Catalan | experimentar, tenir |
Meaning | Take vengeance on or get even. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Example | "We'll get them!" | |
Synonyms | pay back, pay off, fix | |
Broader | get even, get back | Take revenge or even out a score |
Similar to | pay | make a compensation for |
Spanish | coger, desquitarse, pagar, pillar |
Meaning | achieve a point or goal. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | have, make | |
Broader | score, hit, tally, rack up | gain points in a game / game / game |
Similar to | make | act in a certain way so as to acquire |
Spanish | hacer, lograr, tener |
Meaning | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They get him to write the letter | |
Synonyms | induce, stimulate, cause, have, make | |
Narrower | bring | induce or persuade |
compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something | |
decide | Cause to decide | |
encourage | spur on | |
lead | Cause to undertake a certain action / action | |
let | actively cause something to happen / happen / happen / happen | |
persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action | |
prompt, inspire, instigate | Serve as the inciting cause of | |
solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination | |
suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony | |
Spanish | causar, estimular, hacer, incentivar, inducir, ocasionar, producir, provocar | |
Catalan | causar, estimular, fer, incentivar, induir, ocasionar, provocar |
Meaning | succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | catch, capture | |
Narrower | lasso, rope | catch / catch with a lasso |
recapture, retake | capture again | |
Broader | seize, prehend, clutch | take hold of |
Spanish | atrapar, capturar | |
Catalan | agafar, capturar |
Meaning | Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | grow, develop, produce, acquire | |
Narrower | cut | Have grow through the gums |
fledge, feather | Grow feathers | |
leaf | produce leaves, of plants | |
pod | produce pods, of plants | |
pupate | Develop into a pupa | |
regrow | Grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption | |
spring | Develop suddenly | |
sprout, stock | put forth and grow sprouts / sprouts or shoots | |
stool, tiller | Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers | |
teethe | Grow teeth | |
work up, get up | Develop | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Similar to | develop, acquire, evolve | gain through experience |
Spanish | adquirir, crecer, cultivar, desarrollar, elaborar, producir | |
Catalan | adquirir, cultivar, desenvolupar, elaborar, produir | |
Nouns | getting | the act of acquiring something |
Meaning | Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | contract, take | |
Narrower | catch | contract |
Broader | sicken, come down | Get sick |
Similar to | catch | contract |
Spanish | coger, contraer | |
Catalan | agafar, contreure |
Meaning | Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake" | |
Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
Meaning | Give certain properties to something. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | |
Example | "get someone mad" | |
Synonym | make | |
Narrower | get, let, have | Cause to move |
leave | Act or be so as to become in a specified state | |
render | Cause to become | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | convertir, volver | |
Catalan | convertir, tornar |
Meaning | Move into a desired direction of discourse. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | drive, aim | |
Broader | mean, intend | mean or intend to express or convey |
Meaning | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Examples |
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Synonym | catch | |
Broader | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
Similar to | catch, get | apprehend and reproduce accurately |
get | acquire as a result of some effort or action | |
Spanish | comprender, entender |
Meaning | attract and fix. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | catch, arrest | |
Broader | attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes |
Spanish | atrapar |
Meaning | reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | catch | |
Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Spanish | dar |
Meaning | reach by calculation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" | |
Entails | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
Similar to | get | acquire as a result of some effort or action |
Spanish | obtener | |
Catalan | fer, obtenir |
Meaning | acquire as a result of some effort or action. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Similar to | catch, get | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of |
get | reach by calculation |
Meaning | purchase. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "What did you get at the toy store?" | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Broader | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
Spanish | comprar, llevarse | |
Nouns | getting | the act of acquiring something |
Meaning | perceive by hearing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" | |
Synonym | catch | |
Broader | hear | perceive (sound) via the auditory sense |
Similar to | catch, take in, overhear | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers |
Spanish | escuchar, oír |
Meaning | Suffer from the receipt of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | catch | |
Broader | hurt, ache, suffer | Feel physical pain |
Similar to | catch | Be struck or affected by |
get, receive | Receive as a retribution or punishment |
Meaning | Receive as a retribution or punishment. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | receive | |
Similar to | catch, get | Suffer from the receipt of |
Spanish | cobrar, recibir | |
Catalan | cobrar, rebre |
Meaning | Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | scram, buzz off, fuck off, bugger off | |
Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
Spanish | esfumarse, irse, largarse, marcharse, retirarse |
Meaning | reach and board. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | catch | reach in time |
Similar to | arrive, get, come | reach a destination |
Spanish | abordar, coger |
Meaning | irritate. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s to somebody | |
Examples |
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Synonym | get under one's skin | |
Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in |
Similar to | get | Evoke an emotional response |
Spanish | exasperar, sacar de quicio |
Meaning | Evoke an emotional response. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will get him | |
Example | "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time" | |
Broader | touch, stir | affect emotionally |
Similar to | get, get under one's skin | irritate |
Spanish | llegar |
Meaning | apprehend and reproduce accurately. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | catch | |
Broader | reproduce | recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. |
Similar to | catch, get | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of |
Spanish | captar, capturar, lograr |
Meaning | earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | draw | |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
Broader | effect, effectuate, set up | produce |
Meaning | Overcome or destroy. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | |
Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded | |
Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender | |
Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar |
Meaning | Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | suffer, sustain, have | |
Narrower | break down, collapse | Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack |
crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse | Suffer a nervous breakdown | |
cramp | Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle | |
Broader | experience, receive, have, get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences) |
Similar to | have | Suffer from |
Spanish | padecer, sufrir | |
Catalan | sofrir |
Meaning | make children. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth | |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Spanish | concebir, engendrar, generar, producir | |
Catalan | engendrar, generar |
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