getting
Meanings
- the act of acquiring something;
- "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract;
- enter or assume a certain state or condition;
- "It must be getting more serious"
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;
- receive a specified treatment (abstract);
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress;
- go or come after and bring or take back;
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences);
- take vengeance on or get even;
- achieve a point or goal;
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase;
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone;
- give certain properties to something;
- move into a desired direction of discourse;
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of;
- attract and fix;
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot;
- reach by calculation;
- acquire as a result of some effort or action;
- purchase;
- perceive by hearing;
- suffer from the receipt of;
- receive as a retribution or punishment;
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form;
- reach and board;
- irritate;
- evoke an emotional response;
- apprehend and reproduce accurately;
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;
- overcome or destroy;
- be a mystery or bewildering to;
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);
- make children;
- GETTING present participle of get
Synonyms
- acquiring
- get
- acquire
- become
- go
- let
- have
- receive
- find
- obtain
- incur
- arrive
- come
- bring
- convey
- fetch
- experience
- pay back
- pay off
- fix
- make
- induce
- stimulate
- cause
- catch
- capture
- grow
- develop
- produce
- contract
- take
- drive
- aim
- arrest
- scram
- buzz off
- fuck off
- bugger off
- get under one's skin
- draw
- perplex
- vex
- stick
- puzzle
- mystify
- baffle
- beat
- pose
- bewilder
- flummox
- stupefy
- nonplus
- gravel
- amaze
- dumbfound
- get down
- begin
- start out
- start
- set about
- set out
- commence
- suffer
- sustain
- beget
- engender
- father
- mother
- sire
- generate
- bring forth
Scrabble Score: 9
getting is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgetting is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
getting is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
getting is a valid Words With Friends word