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get

/ˈɡet/GET
/ˈɡɛt/GET

Meaningto grasp, to obtain

Common meaning: to obtain or receive

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAD‘seize, get’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 107, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old EnglishgitansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishgetensource
  4. Englishget‘to obtain or receive’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English gitan ‘to grasp, to obtain’.

Roots

  • gitan Old English “to grasp, to obtain”

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