“Gets” is a form of
get
/ɡɛt/ verb, noun
Also a form of git
Forms gets getting got gat gotten getten gettest gottest gattest getteth gittim gitten git gett ghet
- verb (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. “I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.”
- verb (transitive) To receive. “I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.”
- verb (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes. “I've got a concert ticket for you.”
- verb (transitive) To fetch, bring, take. “Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?”
- verb (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives). “I'm getting hungry; how about you?”
- verb (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about. “That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.”
- verb (transitive) To cause to do. “Somehow she got him to agree to it.”
- verb (transitive) To cause to come or go or move. “I got him to his room.”
- noun (dated) Offspring, especially illegitimate.
- noun Lineage.
- noun (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- noun (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- noun (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
- noun (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- noun (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- noun A member of the Getae.
Synonyms
acquire come by have accomplish attain catch earn fulfill gain get one's hands on land obtain reach realize score succeed win achieve collect find become go let receive incur arrive come bring convey fetch
Antonyms
Etymology
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”).
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”).
Variant of git.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Jet, the mineral. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- noun Fashion; manner; custom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- noun Artifice; contrivance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- verb To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.
Etymology [OF. get.]
Etymology [OE. geten, AS. gitan, gietan (in comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find, L. prehendere to seize, take, Gr. Comprehend, Enterprise, Forget, Impregnable, Prehensile.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “get”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details