getting (See get)
Dictionary Definition
Verb
1 come into the possession of something concrete
or abstract; "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" [syn: acquire]
2 enter or assume a certain state or condition;
"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!" [syn: become, go]
3 cause to move; cause to be in a certain
position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me
in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn: let, have]
4 receive a specified treatment (abstract);
"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" [syn: receive, find, obtain, incur]
5 reach a destination; arrive by movement or
progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to
Chicago until after midnight" [syn: arrive, come] [ant: leave]
6 go or come after and bring or take back; "Get
me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?";
"The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, convey, fetch] [ant: take
away]
7 of mental or physical states or experiences;
"get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a
strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The
fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn:
experience, receive, have, undergo]
8 take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get
them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" [syn:
pay
back, pay
off, fix]
9 achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70";
"The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
[syn: have, make]
10 cause to do; cause to act in a specified
manner; "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" [syn:
induce, stimulate, cause, have, make]
11 succeed in catching or seizing, especially
after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the
thief?" [syn: catch,
capture]
12 come to have or undergo a change of (physical
features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed
abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body";
"Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, acquire]
13 be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an
illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a
chill" [syn: contract,
take]
14 communicate with a place or person; establish
communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number
and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the
earthquake"
15 give certain properties to something; "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" [syn: make]
17 grasp with the mind or develop an
undersatnding of; "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" [syn: catch]
18 attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She
caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: catch, arrest]
19 reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot;
"the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in
the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" [syn: catch]
20 reach by calculation; "What do you get when
you add up these numbers?"
21 acquire as a result of some effort or action;
"You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these
news?"
22 purchase; "What did you get at the toy
store?"
23 perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your
name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" [syn:
catch]
24 suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch
hell for this behavior!" [syn: catch]
25 receive as a retribution or punishment; "He
got 5 years in prison" [syn: receive]
26 leave immediately; used usually in the
imperative form; "Scram!" [syn: scram, buzz off,
fuck
off, bugger
off]
27 reach and board; "She got the bus just as it
was leaving"
28 irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to
me"; "His lying really gets me" [syn: get
under one's skin]
29 evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's
`Requiem' gets me every time"
30 apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She
really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got
the mood just right in her photographs" [syn: catch]
31 in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being
walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" [syn: draw]
32 overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my
hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
33 be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats
me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
34 take the first step or steps in carrying out
an action; "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" [syn: get down,
begin, start out,
start, set about,
set out,
commence] [ant:
end]
35 undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "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" [syn: suffer, sustain, have]
36 make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men
often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]
[also: gotten, got, getting]getting n : the act of
acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's
much more interested in the getting than in the giving" [syn:
acquiring]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /gɛtŋ/, /gɛdŋ/
Verb
getting- present participle of get
Noun
- act of obtaining
Related terms
Translations
- French: obtention