get; acquire




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"

Types:
  • isolate
  • win back; get back
  • press out; express; extract
  • capture; catch
  • come by; come into
  • buy; purchase
  • lease; rent; hire; charter; engage; take
  • receive; have
  • turn
  • buy
  • find
  • glom
  • enter upon; come upon; luck into
  • line up; get hold; come up; find
  • accept; take; have
  • obtain
  • recover; retrieve; find; regain
  • catch
  • recover; recoup; recuperate
  • reclaim; repossess
  • find; regain
  • acquire; win; gain
  • gain; take in; clear; make; earn; realize; realise; pull in; bring in
  • earn; garner
  • profit; gain; benefit
  • partake; share; partake in
  • preempt
  • preempt
  • collect; pick up; gather up; call for
  • inherit
  • borrow
  • pick up
  • get
  • poll


WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University