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Get in a sentence
Related words
Get meaning
- To obtain; to acquire.
- To receive.
- To have. See usage notes.
Synonyms of Get
Using Get
- The main meaning on this page is: To obtain; to acquire. | To receive. | To have. See usage notes.
- Useful related words include: catch, have, make, receive.
- Possible Dutch translations are: nemen, pakken, halen.
- In the example corpus, get often appears in combinations such as: to get, and get, get to.
Context around Get
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Get
- In this selection, "get" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, using, off, opponent, cut, off and fired stand out and add context to how "get" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include me out get me out, when you get out to, don get, get ready and get married. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "get" sits close to words such as before, do and how, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with get
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If I get cut, I get cut; if the man (opponent) get cut, he get cut. (16 words)
Now it’s execute this pitch in this location, get this movement, get this angle, get this release point, extension. (20 words)
Children who get only one dose are five times more likely to get infected with measles than those who get both. (21 words)
If the job market weakens even a little, she added, “that might wake people up and get them to think, ‘Well, I may not get fired but I might get fired, and at least I’m not going to get that big bonus,’” and reduce their spending accordingly. (48 words)
The paramedic who spoke to me over the phone wasn’t aware you could get connected blood pressure monitors and said how helpful it was to get immediately get an accurate average — this is shown at the top of Health Mate’s main page, remember — so easily. (47 words)
Further, it is not the party’s elected MPs to tell branch members to ‘get on board with the program’ to elect more women, it is the branch members who get to tell their candidates and MPs to get on board with the branch’s program. (46 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gotten is also typically used in AmE as the past participle for phrasal verbs using get, such as get off, get on, get into, get up, and get around: If you hadn't gotten up so late, you might not have gotten into this mess.
If I get cut, I get cut; if the man (opponent) get cut, he get cut.
If the job market weakens even a little, she added, “that might wake people up and get them to think, ‘Well, I may not get fired but I might get fired, and at least I’m not going to get that big bonus,’” and reduce their spending accordingly.
People say, ‘Don’t get angry, don’t get jealous, don’t get stressed out, don’t get sad,’ but we don’t know how to do that.
Wiener pointed out that when stories come out, whistle-blowers often get forgotten, “journalists get the awards, NGOs get funding and whistle-blowers get nothing”.
Co-Creator Harmon voiced his disappointment“I was familiar going into the third season, having talked to Felicia Day, that any high-profile women get doxxed, they get harassed, they get threatened, they get slandered.
If you can get away or you’re OK just get up and get out and try to get home,” the missing woman’s father said.
It used to be a badge of honour to get smashed off the ball and get up and get on with it, or to get whacked round the head, or to be targeted with late hits for being a cheeky scrum-half.
I take care of my son from Sun up to Sun down but in between I get to work I get to be a humanitarian, I get to be an actress, I get to be a business woman.
And so the comps get much easier when you get out to like Q3 and so I think we'll be having positive year-over-year comps when you get out to Q3 and Q4.
And when it gets emotional, that's when the market goes from turning over, hinting it rolling over to get me out, get me out, get me out at any price.
But his statement came with many “ifs”: if we get the deal right, if we get this framework implemented, if we get Northern Ireland’s executive back up and running.
Children who get only one dose are five times more likely to get infected with measles than those who get both.
Further, it is not the party’s elected MPs to tell branch members to ‘get on board with the program’ to elect more women, it is the branch members who get to tell their candidates and MPs to get on board with the branch’s program.
He had recently secured $17.52 to get an ID and was hoping to get a job to get off the streets.
It is unclear how fast the U.K., France or Poland can get tanks on Ukraine’s front lines, but Washington said it would take a few months to get its vehicles over to Ukraine and get its fighters trained up on the U.S. systems.
Meta Verified will be “a subscription service that lets you verify your account with a government ID, get a blue badge, get extra impersonation protection against accounts claiming to be you, and get direct access to customer support,” Zuckerberg says.
Now it’s execute this pitch in this location, get this movement, get this angle, get this release point, extension.
The paramedic who spoke to me over the phone wasn’t aware you could get connected blood pressure monitors and said how helpful it was to get immediately get an accurate average — this is shown at the top of Health Mate’s main page, remember — so easily.
You, the customer, get the refund — if YOU jump through the hoops to get it; it’s not like the company is proactive about making sure you get it.
Phrases with get
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with get
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to get 149×
- and get 35×
- get to 30×
- you get 30×
- get the 29×
- can get 24×
- they get 18×
- get it 17×
- get on 12×
- we get 12×