{
    "term": "get",
    "partOfSpeech": "verblinking verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "get",
            "heSheIt": "gets"
        },
        "pastSimple": "got",
        "pastParticiple": "got",
        "ingForm": "getting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to receive something",
            "sensetop": "get something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I **got a call** from Dave this morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What *(= What presents)* did you get for your birthday?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gets *(= earns)* about $40 000 a year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This room gets very little sunshine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got a shock when I saw the bill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I will report back when I **get a chance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **get the impression** that he is bored with his job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where did you **get the idea** from?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's the best way to **get a sense **of what's actually going on here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She got great satisfaction from seeing his embarrassment."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to obtain something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has just **got a** new **job**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll **get the money** somehow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She opened the door wider to get a better look."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to get some sleep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can also **get information** on careers in social work from their website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think someone's trying to **get** your **attention**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She really knows how to **get results**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to buy something",
            "sensetop": "get somethingget something for somebodyget somebody/yourself something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where did you get that skirt?",
                    "contextForm": "get something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you manage to get tickets for the concert?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Can I get** a Coke?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you get a present for your mother?",
                    "contextForm": "get something for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you get your mother a present?",
                    "contextForm": "get somebody/yourself something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why don't you get yourself a car?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "$100 will get you the basic model."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can get yourself the basic model for $100."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to obtain or receive an amount of money by selling something",
            "sensetop": "get somethingget something for something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If you sell it at auction you can expect to get roughly £800.",
                    "contextForm": "get something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How much did you get for your car?",
                    "contextForm": "get something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We got £420 000 for the house."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to go to a place and bring somebody/something back",
            "sensetop": "get somebody/somethingget something for somebodyget somebody/yourself something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Quick—**go and get** a cloth!",
                    "contextForm": "get somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Somebody get a doctor!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went to **get help**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to go and get my mother from the airport *(= collect her)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Get a drink for John.",
                    "contextForm": "get something for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Get John a drink.",
                    "contextForm": "get somebody/yourself something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's gone to get a few more chairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you go upstairs and get my wallet for me, please?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I get you anything to eat or drink?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to achieve or be given a particular mark or grade in an exam",
            "sensetop": "get something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He got a ‘C’ in Chemistry and a ‘B’ in English."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to start to develop an illness; to suffer from a pain, etc.",
            "sensetop": "get something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I got this cold off *(= from)* you!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gets *(= often suffers from)* really bad headaches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think I'm getting a cold."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to receive something as a punishment",
            "sensetop": "get something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He got ten years *(= was sent to prison for ten years)* for armed robbery."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to connect to the internet or a phone network; to receive broadcasts from a particular television or radio station",
            "sensetop": "get something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "95 per cent of the UK can now get superfast broadband."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't get any mobile phone reception."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't get Channel 5 in our area."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to be connected with somebody by phone",
            "sensetop": "get somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wanted to speak to the manager but I got her assistant instead."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "to arrive at or reach a place or point",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We got to San Diego at 7 o'clock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're aiming to get to the party at about nine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You got in very late last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got back an hour ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wait till we get home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What time did you get here?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me know when you **get there**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't got very far with the book I'm reading."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "to move to or from a particular place or in a particular direction, sometimes with difficulty; to make somebody/something do this",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.get somebody/something + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across the river.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She got into bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got down from the ladder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We didn't **get** *(= go)* **to bed** until 3 a.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where do we **get on** the bus?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm **getting off** *(= leaving the train)* at the next station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where have they **got to** *(= where are they)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must be getting home; it's past midnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We couldn't get the piano through the door.",
                    "contextForm": "get somebody/something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'd better call a taxi and get you home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The general had to get his troops across the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't get the lid off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can we get to the other side of town?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know how he managed to get down from the roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It takes an hour to get from Oxford to London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We only got as far as the next town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can get to the hotel by bus or taxi."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "to use a bus, taxi, plane, etc.",
            "sensetop": "get something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We're going to be late—let's get a taxi."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I usually get the bus to work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Get a train to Newport and then get a bus from the station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got the next plane home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I ran all the way to the station and just managed to get my train."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll try and get a flight home tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You won't be able to get a plane there—there's no airport."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 14,
            "definition": "to reach a particular state or condition; to make somebody/something/yourself reach a particular state or condition",
            "sensetop": "+ adj.get somebody/something + adj.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to get angry/bored/hungry/fat",
                    "contextForm": "+ adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **get better/worse**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll soon **get used to** the climate here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We ought to go; it's getting late."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **get dressed/undressed** *(= to put your clothes on/take your clothes off)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They plan to **get married** in the summer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's upstairs **getting ready**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As he's **got older** his tastes have changed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **getting sick** of hearing him complain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's nothing to **get excited** about."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **got drunk** and passed out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was starting to **get tired**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wouldn't go there alone; you might get *(= be)* mugged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My car got *(= was)* stolen at the weekend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't get your dress dirty!",
                    "contextForm": "get somebody/something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got his fingers caught in the door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm trying to get the children ready for school."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 15,
            "definition": "to reach the point at which you feel, know, are, etc. something",
            "sensetop": "get to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll like her once you **get to know** her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His drinking is getting to be a problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's getting to be an old lady now."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 16,
            "definition": "to cause something to happen or be done",
            "sensetop": "get something done",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I must get my hair cut."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll never get all this work finished."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a reputation for **getting things done**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 17,
            "definition": "to make, persuade, etc. somebody/something to do something",
            "sensetop": "get somebody/something to do somethingget somebody/something doing something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't get the car to start this morning.",
                    "contextForm": "get somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got his sister to help him with his homework."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll never get him to understand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not hard to get him talking—the problem is stopping him!",
                    "contextForm": "get somebody/something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you really get that old car going again?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I finally got Michael to talk to them and he explained everything."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had trouble getting enough people to sign up."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 18,
            "definition": "to start doing something",
            "sensetop": "get doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I got talking to her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to **get going** soon."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 19,
            "definition": "to have the opportunity to do something",
            "sensetop": "get to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He got to try out all the new software."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not fair—I never get to go first."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 20,
            "definition": "to prepare a meal",
            "sensetop": "get somethingget something for somebody/yourselfget somebody/yourself something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who's getting the lunch?",
                    "contextForm": "get something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You sit down and relax. I'll get supper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must go home and get tea for the kids.",
                    "contextForm": "get something for somebody/yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must go home and get the kids their tea.",
                    "contextForm": "get somebody/yourself something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 21,
            "definition": "to answer the phone or a door when somebody calls, knocks, etc.",
            "sensetop": "get something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Will you get the door?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 22,
            "definition": "to catch or take hold of somebody, especially in order to harm or punish them",
            "sensetop": "get somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was on the run for a week before the police got him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to get somebody by the arm/wrist/throat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fell overboard and the sharks got her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He thinks everybody is **out to get him** *(= trying to harm him)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**I'll get you** for that!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 23,
            "definition": "to hit or wound somebody",
            "sensetop": "get somebody + adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bullet got him in the neck."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 24,
            "definition": "to understand somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "get somebody/something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't get you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn't get the joke."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **don't get it**—why would she do a thing like that?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **get the message**—you don't want me to come."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 25,
            "definition": "used to say that something happens or exists",
            "sensetop": "get something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**You get** *(= There are)* all these kids hanging around in the street."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They still get cases of typhoid there."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 26,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel confused because they do not understand something",
            "sensetop": "get somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘What's the capital of Bhutan?’ ‘**You've got me there!**’ *(= I don't know)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 27,
            "definition": "to annoy somebody",
            "sensetop": "get somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**What gets me** is having to do the same thing all day long."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be becoming old",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be becoming late",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The time's getting on—we ought to be going."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be nearly a particular time, age or number",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It must be getting on for midnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's getting on for eighty."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are shocked, surprised, etc. by something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can't get over how rude she was."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a short holiday in a place where you can relax",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to leave a place in order to go somewhere else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's been lovely to see you, but it's probably time we got going."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to start happening or being done",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The project hasn't really got going yet."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody angry, worried or excited",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to succeed in starting a machine, vehicle, process, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We finally managed to get the car going."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be punished or spoken to angrily about something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If your dad finds out you'll really get it!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have sex with somebody",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have an erection",
            "labels": "(slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to not help somebody make progress or succeed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This line of investigation is getting us nowhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Being rude to me won't get you anywhere."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make some progress/no progress",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After six months' work on the project, at last I feel I'm getting somewhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't seem to be getting anywhere with this essay."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to achieve your aim or complete a task",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm sure you'll get there in the end."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not perfect but **we're getting there** *(= making progress)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are going to tell somebody something that they will find surprising or interesting",
            "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "OK, get this guys—there are only two left!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "So get this—I did all the work and he got the money."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express surprise or disapproval that somebody has been so selfish, stupid, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "you have to admit that something unpleasant is true",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to ask, especially in an angry way, what somebody is/was suggesting",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm partly to blame? What exactly are you getting at?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody has suddenly started to behave in a strange or different way",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's got into Alex? He never used to worry like that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’m sorry for laughing like that—I don’t know what got into me."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡet/",
                "audio": "ge/get/get__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡɒtn/",
                "audio": "go/get/gotten__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡets/",
                "audio": "ge/get/gets__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡɒt/",
                "audio": "go/get/got__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡetɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ge/get/getting__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡet/",
                "audio": "ge/get/get__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːtn/",
                "audio": "go/get/gotten__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡets/",
                "audio": "ge/get/gets__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡɑːt/",
                "audio": "go/get/got__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡetɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ge/get/getting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse geta ‘obtain, beget, guess’; related to Old English gietan (in begietan ‘beget’, forgietan ‘forget’), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin praeda ‘booty, prey’, praehendere ‘get hold of, seize’, and Greek khandanein ‘hold, contain, be able’."
}