Hyphenation of getting

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get-ting

Definitions of getting:

1.
The act of acquiring something
I envied his talent for acquiring He's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
2.
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
3.
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!
4.
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
5.
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
6.
Reach a destination
Arrive by movement or progress She arrived home at 7 o'clock She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
7.
Go or come after and bring or take back
Get me those books over there
8.
Please
Could you bring the wine? The dog fetched the hat
9.
Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Get an idea Experience vertigo Get nauseous Receive injuries Have a feeling
10.
Take vengeance on or get even
We'll get them! That'll fix him good! This time I got him
11.
Achieve a point or goal
Nicklaus had a 70 The Brazilian team got 4 goals She made 29 points that day
12.
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
13.
Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
We finally got the suspect Did you catch the thief?
14.
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
15.
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
He got AIDS She came down with pneumonia She took a chill
16.
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
17.
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
18.
Move into a desired direction of discourse
What are you driving at?
19.
Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding 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
20.
Attract and fix
His look caught her She caught his eye Catch the attention of the waiter
21.
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
22.
Reach by calculation
What do you get when you add up these numbers?
23.
Acquire as a result of some effort or action
You cannot get water out of a stone Where did she get these news?
24.
Purchase
What did you get at the toy store?
25.
Perceive by hearing
I didn't catch your name She didn't get his name when they met the first time
26.
Suffer from the receipt of
She will catch hell for this behavior!
27.
Receive as a retribution or punishment
He got 5 years in prison
28.
Leave immediately
Used usually in the imperative form Scram!
29.
Reach and board
She got the bus just as it was leaving
30.
Irritate
Her childish behavior really get to me His lying really gets me
31.
Evoke an emotional response
Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time
32.
Apprehend and reproduce accurately
She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings She got the mood just right in her photographs
33.
Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
He drew a base on balls
34.
Overcome or destroy
The ice storm got my hibiscus The cat got the goldfish
35.
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
36.
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
37.
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
38.
Make children
Abraham begot Isaac Men often father children but don't recognize them

Synonyms of getting:

noun acquiring, deed, feat, effort, exploit

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