Инглиш
Бот
Открыть в ТГ

📖 Определения и значения для слова get

📒 to receive something

  • I got a call from Dave this morning.
  • What (= What presents) did you get for your birthday?
  • He gets (= earns) about $40 000 a year.

📒 to obtain something

  • He has just got a new job.
  • I'll get the money somehow.
  • She opened the door wider to get a better look.

📒 to buy something

  • get something Where did you get that skirt?
  • Did you manage to get tickets for the concert?
  • Can I get a Coke?

📒 to obtain or receive an amount of money by selling something

  • get something If you sell it at auction you can expect to get roughly £800.
  • get something for something How much did you get for your car?
  • We got £420 000 for the house.

📒 to go to a place and bring somebody/something back

  • get somebody/something Quick—go and get a cloth!
  • Somebody get a doctor!
  • She went to get help.

📒 to achieve or be given a particular mark or grade in an exam

  • He got a ‘C’ in Chemistry and a ‘B’ in English.

📒 to start to develop an illness; to suffer from a pain, etc.

  • I got this cold off (= from) you!
  • She gets (= often suffers from) really bad headaches.
  • I think I'm getting a cold.

📒 to receive something as a punishment

  • He got ten years (= was sent to prison for ten years) for armed robbery.

📒 to connect to the internet or a phone network; to receive broadcasts from a particular television or radio station

  • 95 per cent of the UK can now get superfast broadband.
  • I couldn't get any mobile phone reception.
  • We can't get Channel 5 in our area.

📒 to be connected with somebody by phone

  • I wanted to speak to the manager but I got his secretary instead.

📒 to arrive at or reach a place or point

  • We got to San Diego at 7 o'clock.
  • We're aiming to get to the party at about nine.
  • You got in very late last night.

📒 to move to or from a particular place or in a particular direction, sometimes with difficulty; to make somebody/something do this

  • + adv./prep. The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across the river.
  • She got into bed.
  • He got down from the ladder.

📒 to use a bus, taxi, plane, etc.

  • We're going to be late—let's get a taxi.
  • I usually get the bus to work.
  • Get a train to Newport and then get a bus from the station.

📒 to reach a particular state or condition; to make somebody/something/yourself reach a particular state or condition

  • + adj. to get angry/bored/hungry/fat
  • to get better/worse
  • You'll soon get used to the climate here.

📒 to reach the point at which you feel, know, are, etc. something

  • After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter.
  • You'll like her once you get to know her.
  • His drinking is getting to be a problem.

📒 to cause something to happen or be done

  • I must get my hair cut.
  • I'll never get all this work finished.
  • She has a reputation for getting things done.

📒 to make, persuade, etc. somebody/something to do something

  • get somebody/something to do something I couldn't get the car to start this morning.
  • He got his sister to help him with his homework.
  • You'll never get him to understand.

📒 to start doing something

  • I got talking to her.
  • We need to get going soon.

📒 to have the opportunity to do something

  • He got to try out all the new software.
  • It's not fair—I never get to go first.

📒 to prepare a meal

  • get something Who's getting the lunch?
  • You sit down and relax. I'll get supper.
  • get something for somebody/yourself I must go home and get tea for the kids.

📒 to answer the phone or a door when somebody calls, knocks, etc.

  • Will you get the phone?

📒 to catch or take hold of somebody, especially in order to harm or punish them

  • He was on the run for a week before the police got him.
  • to get somebody by the arm/wrist/throat
  • She fell overboard and the sharks got her.

📒 to hit or wound somebody

  • The bullet got him in the neck.

📒 to understand somebody/something

  • I don't get you.
  • She didn't get the joke.
  • I don't get it—why would she do a thing like that?

📒 used to say that something happens or exists

  • You get (= There are) all these kids hanging around in the street.
  • They still get cases of typhoid there.

📒 to make somebody feel confused because they do not understand something

  • ‘What's the capital of Bhutan?’ ‘You've got me there!’ (= I don't know)

📒 to annoy somebody

  • What gets me is having to do the same thing all day long.

📒 to be becoming old

📒 to be becoming late

  • The time's getting on—we ought to be going.

📒 to be nearly a particular time, age or number

  • It must be getting on for midnight.
  • He's getting on for eighty.

📒 used to say that you are shocked, surprised, etc. by something

  • I can't get over how rude she was.

📒 to have a short holiday in a place where you can relax

📒 to leave a place in order to go somewhere else

  • It's been lovely to see you, but it's probably time we got going.

📒 to start happening or being done

  • The project hasn't really got going yet.

📒 to make somebody angry, worried or excited

📒 to succeed in starting a machine, vehicle, process, etc.

  • We finally managed to get the car going.

📒 to be punished or spoken to angrily about something

  • If your dad finds out you'll really get it!

📒 to have sex with somebody

📒 to have an erection

📒 to not help somebody make progress or succeed

  • This line of investigation is getting us nowhere.
  • Being rude to me won't get you anywhere.

📒 to make some progress/no progress

  • After six months' work on the project, at last I feel I'm getting somewhere.
  • I don't seem to be getting anywhere with this letter.

📒 to achieve your aim or complete a task

  • I'm sure you'll get there in the end.
  • It's not perfect but we're getting there (= making progress).

📒 used to say that you are going to tell somebody something that they will find surprising or interesting

  • OK, get this guys—there are only two left!
  • So get this—I did all the work and he got the money.

📒 used to express surprise or disapproval that somebody has been so selfish, stupid, etc.

📒 you have to admit that something unpleasant is true

📒 used to ask, especially in an angry way, what somebody is/was suggesting

  • I'm partly to blame? What exactly are you getting at?

📒 used to say that somebody has suddenly started to behave in a strange or different way

  • What's got into Alex? He never used to worry like that.
  • I’m sorry for laughing like that—I don’t know what got into me.
Инглиш Бот - ультимативный All-on-One бот и словарь для английского Это цифровой интерактивный словарь слов с продвинутыми возможностями. Вы находитесь на сайте проекта, однако полные возможности доступны в телеграм боте.