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. (transitive) Receive or obtain.
    The woman goes to the store and gets a new dress.
  2. (intransitive) Become.
    The problem got worse.
  3. (intransitive) You use get to form a passive clause.
    He got hit by a car.