got

Meanings

Verb

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  • "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"
• enter or assume a certain state or condition
• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
  • "He got his squad on the ball"
  • "He got a girl into trouble"
• receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
• 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
  • "This time I got him"
• achieve a point or goal
  • "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"
• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
  • "My children finally got me to buy a computer"
• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
  • "We finally got the suspect"
• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
  • "I got funny spots all over my body"
• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
  • "He got AIDS"
• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
  • "Bill called this number and he got Mary"
• 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
  • "The blow got him in the back"
• 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
  • "He got 5 years in prison"
• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
• reach and board
  • "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
• irritate
• evoke an emotional response
• apprehend and reproduce accurately
  • "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
• overcome or destroy
  • "The ice storm got my hibiscus"
  • "the cat got the goldfish"
• be a mystery or bewildering to
  • "Got me--I don't know the answer!"
• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  • "She got a bruise on her leg"
  • "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
• make children
  • "Abraham begot Isaac"
• Expressing obligation; used with have.
• Must; have/has (to).
• Have/has.
• simple past of get
• past participle of get
• Have; there is (indicates possession or existence).
• Marks the completive or experiential aspect.
• Used as a marker of realis modality.
• Used to emphasize that an action has been done.
• Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.

Synonyms

acquire, aim, amaze, arrest, arrive, baffle, beat, become, beget, begin, bewilder, bring, bring forth, bugger off, buzz off, capture, catch, cause, come, commence, contract, convey, develop, draw, drive, dumbfound, engender, ever, experience, father, fetch, find, fix, flummox, fuck off, generate, get, get down, get under one's skin, go, gotta, gravel, grow, have, incur, induce, let, make, mother, mystify, nonplus, obtain, pay back, pay off, perplex, pose, produce, puzzle, receive, scram, set about, set out, sire, start, start out, stick, stimulate, stupefy, suffer, sustain, take, vex

Antonyms

end, leave, take away