Definitions
1.VerbTo obtain; to acquire."I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.; Lance is going to get Mary a ring."
2.VerbTo receive."I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.; He got a severe reprimand for that."
3.VerbTo have. See usage notes."I've got a concert ticket for you."
4.VerbTo fetch, bring, take."Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?; I need to get this to the office."
5.VerbTo become, or cause oneself to become ."I'm getting hungry; how about you?; I'm going out to get drunk."
6.VerbTo cause to become; to bring about."That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.; I'll get this finished by lunchtime.; I can't get these boots off.; I can’t get my hands warm."
7.VerbTo cause to do."Somehow she got him to agree to it.; I can't get it to work.; I can't get it working.; I can’t get my kids to go to bed early."
8.VerbTo cause to come or go or move."I got him to his room."
9.VerbTo adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state)."The actors are getting into position.; When are we going to get to London?; I'm getting into a muddle.; We got behind the wall."
10.VerbTo cover (a certain distance) while travelling."to get a mile"
11.Verb(with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something)."We ought to get moving or we'll be late.; After lunch we got chatting.; I'm getting to like him better now."
12.VerbTo take or catch (a scheduled transportation service)."I normally get the 7:45 train.; I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston."
13.VerbTo respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)."Can you get that call, please? I'm busy."
14.Verb(with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable)."I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!; The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.; Great. I get to clean the toilets today."
15.VerbTo understand."Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.; I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!; I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me."
16.VerbTo be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).""You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.""
17.VerbUsed 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."He got bitten by a dog."
18.VerbUsed with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical."You get some very rude people here.; It was the kind of shop you used to get in most small towns."
19.VerbTo become ill with or catch (a disease)."I went on holiday and got malaria."
20.VerbTo catch out, trick successfully."He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."
21.VerbTo perplex, stump."That question's really got me."
22.VerbTo find as an answer."What did you get for question four?"
23.VerbTo bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution."The cops finally got me.; I'm gonna get him for that."
24.VerbTo hear completely; catch."Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?"
25.VerbTo getter."I put the getter into the container to get the gases."
26.VerbTo beget (of a father).
27.VerbTo learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out."to get a lesson; to get out one's Greek lesson"
28.VerbUsed with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose."Get her with her new hairdo."
29.VerbTo go, to leave; to scram.
30.VerbTo kill."They’re coming to get you, Barbara."
31.VerbTo make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
32.VerbTo measure."Did you get her temperature?"
33.VerbTo cause someone to laugh."It gets me every time!"
34.NounOffspring, especially illegitimate.
35.NounLineage.
36.NounA difficult return or block of a shot.
37.NounSomething gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
38.NounA message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
39.NounSynonym of git (“contemptible person”).
40.NounA Jewish writ of divorce.