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get
verb
-
get
,
getting
,
gets
,
got
,
gotten
to
receive
or
obtain
something
β’
Did
you
get
my
email
yesterday
?
Did
you
get
my
email
yesterday
?
β’
Children
usually
get
a
lot
of
presents
at
Christmas
.
Children
usually
get
a
lot
of
presents
at
Christmas
.
From
Old
English
β
gietan
β
meaning
β
to
obtain
,
to
seize
β.
verb
-
get
,
getting
,
gets
,
got
,
gotten
to
become
or
come
into
a
new
state
or
condition
β’
It
β
s
getting
cold
outside
.
It
β
s
getting
cold
outside
.
β’
Don
β
t
get
angry
;
we
can
fix
the
problem
.
Don
β
t
get
angry
;
we
can
fix
the
problem
.
Sense
shift
from
β
obtain
β
to
β
acquire
a
state
β
recorded
since
the
14th
century
.
verb
-
get
,
getting
,
gets
,
got
,
gotten
to
arrive
at
a
place
β’
What
time
did
you
get
home
last
night
?
What
time
did
you
get
home
last
night
?
β’
We
need
to
get
to
the
station
by
noon
.
We
need
to
get
to
the
station
by
noon
.
Arrival
sense
developed
from
the
idea
of
β
obtaining
a
destination
β.
verb
-
get
,
getting
,
gets
,
got
,
gotten
to
understand
or
comprehend
something
β’
I
didn
β
t
get
the
joke
at
first
.
I
didn
β
t
get
the
joke
at
first
.
β’
Do
you
get
what
the
teacher
means
?
Do
you
get
what
the
teacher
means
?
Comprehension
meaning
appears
in
1890s
American
English
.
verb
-
get
,
getting
,
gets
,
got
,
gotten
(
informal
)
to
buy
or
obtain
by
paying
for
something
β’
Can
you
get
some
milk
on
your
way
home
?
Can
you
get
some
milk
on
your
way
home
?
β’
I
got
a
new
phone
last
week
.
I
got
a
new
phone
last
week
.
Buying
sense
evolved
from
β
obtain
β
in
early
20th-century
colloquial
speech
.
verb
-
get
,
getting
,
gets
,
got
,
gotten
to
persuade
or
cause
someone
to
do
something
(
usually
with
an
object
+
infinitive
)
β’
I
can
never
get
my
brother
to
clean
his
room
.
I
can
never
get
my
brother
to
clean
his
room
.
β’
They
finally
got
the
project
team
to
agree
on
a
plan
.
They
finally
got
the
project
team
to
agree
on
a
plan
.
β
Cause
to
β
sense
attested
since
the
16th
century
.
forget
verb
-
forget
,
forgetting
,
forgets
,
forgot
,
forgotten
to
fail
to
remember
something
or
someone
β’
I
often
forget
my
neighbor's
name
even
though
we
talk
every
day
.
I
often
forget
my
neighbor's
name
even
though
we
talk
every
day
.
β’
Rita
forgot
what
time
the
meeting
started
and
arrived
late
.
Rita
forgot
what
time
the
meeting
started
and
arrived
late
.
Old
English
forgietan
,
from
forβ
(
completely
)
+
gietan
(
to
get
,
grasp
mentally
),
meaning
originally
β
lose
grasp
of
β.
