To obtain; to acquire. • To receive. • To have. See usage notes. • To fetch, bring, take. • To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives). • To cause to become; to bring about. • To cause to do. • To cause to come or go or move. • To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state). • To cover (a certain distance) while travelling. • (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something). • To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service). • To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc). • (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable). • To understand. (compare get it) • To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.). • Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state. • Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical. • To become ill with or catch (a disease). • To catch out, trick successfully. • To perplex, stump. • To find as an answer. • To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution. • To hear completely; catch. • To getter. • To beget (of a father). • To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out. • Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose. • To go, to leave; to scram. • To kill. • To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit. • To measure. • To cause someone to laugh.