get

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /gɛt/, SAMPA: /gEt/

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Verb

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.