| noun | a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent |
| verb | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract “She got a lot of paintings from her uncle” |
| verb | enter or assume a certain state or condition “He became annoyed when he heard the bad news” |
| verb | cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition “He got his squad on the ball” |
| verb | receive a specified treatment (abstract) “These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation” |
| verb | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress “She arrived home at 7 o'clock” |
| verb | go or come after and bring or take back “Get me those books over there, please” |
| verb | go through (mental or physical states or experiences) “get an idea” |
| verb | take vengeance on or get even “We'll get them!” |
| verb | achieve a point or goal “Nicklaus had a 70” |
| verb | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner “The ads induced me to buy a VCR” |
| verb | succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase “We finally got the suspect” |
| verb | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) “He grew a beard” |
| verb | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness “He got AIDS” |
| verb | communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone “Bill called this number and he got Mary” |
| verb | give certain properties to something “get someone mad” |
| verb | move into a desired direction of discourse “What are you driving at?” |
| verb | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of “did you catch that allusion?” |
| verb | attract and fix “His look caught her” |
| verb | reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot “the rock caught her in the back of the head” |
| verb | reach by calculation “What do you get when you add up these numbers?” |
| verb | acquire as a result of some effort or action “You cannot get water out of a stone” |
| verb | purchase “What did you get at the toy store?” |
| verb | perceive by hearing “I didn't catch your name” |
| verb | suffer from the receipt of “She will catch hell for this behavior!” |
| verb | receive as a retribution or punishment “He got 5 years in prison” |
| verb | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form “Scram!” |
| verb | reach and board “She got the bus just as it was leaving” |
| verb | irritate “Her childish behavior really get to me” |
| verb | evoke an emotional response “Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time” |
| verb | apprehend and reproduce accurately “She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings” |
| verb | earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher “He drew a base on balls” |
| verb | overcome or destroy “The ice storm got my hibiscus” |
| verb | be a mystery or bewildering to “This beats me!” |
| verb | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action “We began working at dawn” |
| verb | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) “She suffered a fracture in the accident” |
| verb | make children “Abraham begot Isaac” |
| getting | noun | the act of acquiring something |
| acquisitive | adjective | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
| acquirable | adjective | capable of being acquired |
| acquiring | noun | the act of acquiring something |
| acquisition | noun | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge |
| acquirer | noun | a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee |
| arriver | noun | someone who arrives (or has arrived) |
| arrival | noun | the act of arriving at a certain place |
| comer | noun | someone who arrives (or has arrived) |
| coming | noun | arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) |
| conveyance | noun | the act of moving something from one location to another |
| experience | noun | an event as apprehended |
| payback | noun | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; --Romans 12:19; --James Garfield |
| inducive | adjective | inducing or influencing; leading on; - John Milton |
| inducement | noun | a positive motivational influence |
| induction | noun | an act that sets in motion some course of events |
| inducer | noun | someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on |
| inducing | noun | act of bringing about a desired result |
| stimulation | noun | any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action |
| stimulus | noun | any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action |
| causative | adjective | producing an effect |
| causation | noun | the act of causing something to happen |
| cause | noun | events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something |
| catch | noun | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) |
| capture | noun | the act of taking of a person by force |
| development | noun | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
| contracting | noun | becoming infected |
| drift | noun | a general tendency to change (as of opinion) |
| drive | noun | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
| puzzle | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| puzzlement | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| puzzler | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| mystification | noun | something designed to mystify or bewilder |
| mystifier | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| mystery | noun | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained |
| bafflement | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| poser | noun | a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem |
| bewilderment | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| stupefaction | noun | a feeling of stupefied astonishment |
| beginner | noun | someone new to a field or activity |
| beginning | noun | the act of starting something |
| start | noun | the act of starting something |
| starter | noun | any new participant in some activity |
| commencement | noun | the act of starting something |
| sufferer | noun | a person suffering from an illness |
| begetter | noun | a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) |
| father | noun | a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) |
| mother | noun | a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) |
| sire | noun | male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse |
| generative | adjective | producing new life or offspring |
| generation | noun | group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent |