get (v)
acquire (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 40
def come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
examples She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
They acquired a new pet
Get your results the next day
Get permission to take a few days off from work
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 16 Somebody ----s something from somebody
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form acquire → acquisitive; acquire → acquirable; acquire → acquiring; acquire → acquisition; acquire → acquirer; acquire → acquirer; acquire → acquirer
Derivationally related form acquire → acquisition; acquire → acquirer
Derivationally related form get → getting
Hyponym isolate; win back, get back; press out, express, extract; capture, catch; come by, come into; buy, purchase; lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take; receive, have; turn; buy; find; glom; enter upon, come upon, luck into; line up, get hold, come up, find; accept, take, have; obtain; recover, retrieve, find, regain; catch; recover, recoup, recuperate; reclaim, repossess; find, regain; acquire, win, gain; gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in; earn, garner; profit, gain, benefit; partake, share, partake in; preempt; preempt; collect, pick up, gather up, call for; inherit; borrow; pick up; get; poll
Verb Group receive, get, find, obtain, incur
Incoming links
Derivationally related form acquisitive → acquire; acquirable → acquire; acquiring → acquire; acquisition → acquire; acquirer → acquire; acquirer → acquire; acquirer → acquire
Derivationally related form getting → get
Derivationally related form acquisition → acquire; acquirer → acquire
Hypernym isolate; win back, get back; press out, express, extract; capture, catch; come by, come into; buy, purchase; lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take; receive, have; turn; buy; find; glom; enter upon, come upon, luck into; line up, get hold, come up, find; accept, take, have; obtain; recover, retrieve, find, regain; catch; recover, recoup, recuperate; reclaim, repossess; find, regain; acquire, win, gain; gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in; earn, garner; profit, gain, benefit; partake, share, partake in; preempt; preempt; collect, pick up, gather up, call for; inherit; borrow; pick up; get; poll
Verb Group receive, get, find, obtain, incur

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