get

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get is on the Basic English 850 List.
general - get - girl
get is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
Germany - get - girl

Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
get

Third-person singular
gets

Past tense
got

Past participle
got

Present participle
getting

Plain form
get

Third-person singular
gets

Past tense
got

Past participle
gotten

Present participle
getting

  1. To start to have; to take. When one person gives something, the other person gets the thing.
    The woman goes to the store and gets a new dress.
  2. (linking) Become.
    The problem got worse.
  3. (auxiliary) You use get to make the passive voice, especially when the thing that happened is bad.
    He got hit by a car.