gets

noun

Lineage.

(sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.

(informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.

(Internet slang) 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.

(UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).

(Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

A member of the Getae.

(dated) Offspring, especially illegitimate.

verb

(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

(transitive) To receive.

(transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.

(transitive) To fetch, bring, take.

(copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).

(transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.

(transitive) To cause to do.

(transitive) To cause to come or go or move.

(intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

(transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

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

(transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

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

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

(transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)

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

(auxiliary, 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.

(impersonal, 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.

(transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).

(transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.

(transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.

(transitive) To find as an answer.

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

(transitive) To hear completely; catch.

(transitive) To getter.

(imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

(intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.

(euphemistic) To kill.

(transitive) To measure.

(transitive) To cause someone to laugh.

(now rare) To beget (of a father).

(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

(intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

Words related to gets

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