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(verb)
(getting, got, past part got, gotten) transitive verb: to obtain, gain, win; to receive; to acquire; to go and bring; to catch; to persuade; to cause to be; to prepare; (inf.) (with aux vb have or has) to be obliged to; to possess; (inf.) to strike, kill, baffle; defeat, etc; (inf.) to understand; (with across) to cause to be understood; (with in) to bring in; (crops, etc) to gather; to insert; (with off) to acquit, to secure favourable treatment of; (letters) to post; (with out) to cause to leave or escape; to cause to become known or published; (with out of) to avoid doing; (with over) to communicate effectively.
intransitive verb: to come; to go; to arrive; to come to be; to manage or contrive; (with about, around) to be up and on one's feet, especially after being unwell; to be socially active; (news, gossip) to become circulated; (with) across) to be understood; (with at) to reach; (inf.) to mean, imply; to irritate, pester relentlessly; (inf) to criticize; (inf) to corrupt, bribe, influence illegally; (with away) to escape; (with by) (inf.) to manage, to survive; (with in) (vehicle, etc) to enter; to arrive; (university, college, etc) to be offered a place; (with off) to come off, down, or out of; to be acquitted; to escape the consequences of; to begin, depart; (with on) to go on or into; to put on; to proceed; to grow older; to become late; to manage; to succeed; (with on with) to establish a friendly relationship; (with out) to go out or away; to leave or escape; to take out; to become known or published; (with over) to overcome; to recover from; to forget; (with round, around) to evade, circumvent; to coax, cajole; (with through) to use up, spend, consume; to finish; to manage to survive; (examination, test) to succeed or pass; to contact by telephone; (with up) to rise to one's feet; to get out of bed; (inf.) to organize; (inf.) to dress in a certain style; (inf.) to be involved in (mischief, etc).
> getable, gettable
(adjective)