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Getting — synonyms, definition

1. getting (Noun)

14 synonyms
acceptance acquiring acquisition catching intake pilfering possession receipt removing stealing taking taking in theft using
1 definition

getting (Noun) — The act of acquiring something. ex. "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

4 types of
act deed human action human activity
15 types
acquisition appropriation capture catching contracting gaining control moving in obtainment obtention occupancy occupation pickup receipt reception seizure

2. getting (Verb)

73 synonyms
aiming arresting arriving baffling beating becoming bedeviling befuddling begetting beginning bewildering bringing bringing forth buggering off buzzing off capturing causing coming commencing confounding • • •
36 definitions

getting (Verb) — Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract. ex. "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle" ex. "Get your results the next day" ex. "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

getting (Verb) — Enter or assume a certain state or condition. ex. "It must be getting more serious" ex. "Get going!"

getting (Verb) — Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. ex. "He got his squad on the ball" ex. "He got a girl into trouble"

getting (Verb) — Be subject to a specified treatment or analysis. ex. "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

getting (Verb) — Reach a destination by movement or progress. ex. "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

getting (Verb) — Go or come after and bring or take back. ex. "Get me those books over there, please"

getting (Verb) — Go through (mental or physical states or experiences). ex. "get an idea" ex. "get nauseous"

getting (Verb) — Take vengeance on or get even. ex. "We'll get them!" ex. "This time I got him"

getting (Verb) — Achieve a point or goal. ex. "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"

getting (Verb) — Make someone or something act in a particular way or do a particular thing. ex. "My children finally got me to buy a computer"

getting (Verb) — Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase. ex. "We finally got the suspect"

getting (Verb) — Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes). ex. "I got funny spots all over my body"

getting (Verb) — Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness. ex. "He got AIDS"

getting (Verb) — Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone. ex. "Bill called this number and he got Mary" ex. "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"

getting (Verb) — Give certain properties to something. ex. "get someone mad"

getting (Verb) — Move into a desired direction of discourse. ex. "What are you getting at?"

getting (Verb) — Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of. ex. "did you get it?" ex. "She didn't get the joke" ex. "I just don't get him"

getting (Verb) — Attract and fix. ex. "His look got her"

getting (Verb) — Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot. ex. "The blow got him in the back"

getting (Verb) — Reach by calculation. ex. "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"

getting (Verb) — Acquire as a result of some effort or action. ex. "You cannot get water out of a stone" ex. "Where did she get The news?"

getting (Verb) — Purchase. ex. "What did you get at the toy store?"

getting (Verb) — Perceive by hearing. ex. "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"

getting (Verb) — Suffer from the receipt of. ex. "She will get hell for this behaviour!"

getting (Verb) — Receive as a retribution or punishment. ex. "He got 5 years in prison"

getting (Verb) — Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.

getting (Verb) — Reach and board. ex. "She got the bus just as it was leaving"

getting (Verb) — Irritate. ex. "Her childish behaviour really get to me" ex. "His lying really gets me"

getting (Verb) — Evoke an emotional response. ex. "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time"

getting (Verb) — Apprehend and reproduce accurately. ex. "She got the mood just right in her photographs"

getting (Verb) — (baseball) earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.

getting (Verb) — Overcome or destroy. ex. "The ice storm got my hibiscus" ex. "the cat got the goldfish"

getting (Verb) — Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. ex. "Got me--I don't know the answer!"

getting (Verb) — Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. ex. "Get working as soon as the sun rises!" ex. "Let's get down to work now"

getting (Verb) — Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses). ex. "She got a bruise on her leg" ex. "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

getting (Verb) — Make children. ex. "Abraham got Isaac"

72 types of
aching altering annoying attracting being bothering buying catching chafing changing changing state channeling channelising channelizing clutching coming down communicating creating destroying deviling • • •
162 types
accepting acquiring attacking attaining auspicating benefitting bestirring oneself borrowing breaking breaking down breaking in breaking up bringing bringing down bringing in buying calling for capturing catching chartering • • •
3 see also
get ahead get on get over
3 topics
commerce commercialism mercantilism