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ge ting

  • n  the act of acquiring something
    he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
  • v  come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  • v  enter or assume a certain state or condition
    It must be getting more serious
  • v  cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
  • v  receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • v  reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
  • v  go or come after and bring or take back
  • v  go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  • v  take vengeance on or get even
  • v  achieve a point or goal
  • v  cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
  • v  succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
  • v  come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
  • v  be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
  • v  communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
  • v  give certain properties to something
  • v  move into a desired direction of discourse
  • v  grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
  • v  attract and fix
  • v  reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
  • v  reach by calculation
  • v  acquire as a result of some effort or action
  • v  purchase
  • v  perceive by hearing
  • v  suffer from the receipt of
  • v  receive as a retribution or punishment
  • v  leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
  • v  reach and board
  • v  irritate
  • v  evoke an emotional response
  • v  apprehend and reproduce accurately
  • v  earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
  • v  overcome or destroy
  • v  be a mystery or bewildering to
  • v  take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  • v  undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  • v  make children

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