8. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal: savvy. Slang: dig. Chiefly British: twig. Scots: ken. Idioms: get a handle on, get the...
Aaron–I submit that there is a difference in meaning between “I have got something” and “I have gotten something“. The first is a matter of present possession. The second is present perfect, indicating that something has been received in the past. (as with your examples of “I have ...
fetch:Would you get the milk from the refrigerator for me? to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified; effect:to get one's hair cut; to get a fire to burn;to get a dog out of a room. to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach:...
Is there not a redundancy in the use of “got” with “have”? Why say “I have got” or “I’ve got” when “I have” conveys the exact meaning? The same would be true of its use in the second or third person.
11. Slang A person who is the intended victim of a swindler; a dupe. 12. a. Sports The place from which racers begin and sometimes end their contest. b. A point reached or gained: the halfway mark of the race. c. A record: set a new mark in the long jump. 13. Sports a....
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They dried her off and got some warm milk in her. She acted a little more demented than usual for an hour or so, but somebody found another ping pong ball, and she went right back to the game. This experience has given the ship a new sense of unity. Everyone aboard is concerned ...
b. to perceive the meaning of; fathom. c. to decipher; discern. d. to suggest or impute: He made me out to be a liar. e. to manage; succeed: How are you making out in school? f. Slang. to engage in kissing and caressing; neck. g. Slang. to have sexual intercourse. 4...
8. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal: savvy. Slang: dig. Chiefly British: twig. Scots: ken. Idioms: get a handle on, get the...
Used in the past tense with the meaning of the present: They got to clean up this mess. v. intr. 1. a. To become or grow to be: eventually got well. b. To be successful in coming or going: When will we get to Dallas? 2. To be able or permitted: never got to see ...