get – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to get sb down
Participle: got sb down
Gerund: getting sb down

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	get sb down
we	Let's get sb down
you	get sb down

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

be hit

catch, take

receive

fang, give, receive

cause to become

make

arrive

reach

as in "we're gonna get him good!"

enrage

to gain possession of something

accept, acquire, attain, cop, enlist, gain, garner, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, procure, receive, score, secure, snag, take, win

obtain

gain, procure, secure, acquire

earn

gain, win

learn

grasp, perceive, understand, apprehend, comprehend

capture

seize

prepare

arrange, make

dispose

induce, influence, persuade, adjust

beget

generate, procreate, produce, breed, propagate, engender

Antonyms

obtain

lose, forfeit, sacrifice, forgo

earn

spend, lose, squander, waste

prepare

neglect, ignore, overlook, forget

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1200, from O.N. geta "to obtain, reach" (p.t. gatum, pp. getenn), from P.Gmc. *getan (cf. O.E. begietan "to beget," O.Swed. gissa "to guess," lit. "to try to get"), from PIE base *ghe(n)d- "seize" (cf. Gk. khandanein "to hold, contain," Lith. godetis "be eager," second element in L. prehendere "to grasp, seize," Welsh gannu "to hold, contain," O.C.S. gadati "to guess, suppose"). Meaning "to seize mentally, grasp" is from 1892. O.E., as well as Du. and Fris., had the root only in compounds (cf. beget, forget). Vestiges of O.E. cognate *gietan remain obliquely in pp. gotten and original pt. gat. The word and phrases built on it take up 29 columns in the OED 2nd edition. Slang get over "recover, rebound" is from 1687. Getaway "escape" is from 1852. Get-up "equipment or costume" is from 1847. Get-rich-quick (adj.) is from 1902. Get wind of "become acquainted with" is from 1840, from earlier to get wind "to get out, become known" (1722).
2. From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Yola get (“to get”), Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjeta, gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to discover, find”); also Latin edera, hedera (“ivy”), praeda (“booty, pillage, plunder; prey; gain, profit”), prehendō, prēndō (“to grab, grasp, seize; to attain, reach”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to comprise, contain, hold”), Albanian gjej (“to find”). See: Middle English 'geten', Proto-Germanic '*getaną', Danish 'gide', Faroese 'gita', Icelandic 'geta', Norwegian, nynorsk 'gjeta', Swedish 'gita', Albanian 'gjej'.

Verbs referencing "get"

Icelandic geta, Faroese gita, Latin prehendo, Albanian gjej, Latin hendo, Thai เก็ต, Finnish with old forms getata.

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