Get vs. Make
Getverb
(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
Getverb
(transitive) To receive.
Getverb
To have. See usage notes.
Getverb
(copulative) To become.
Getverb
(transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
Getverb
(transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
Getverb
(transitive) To cause to do.
Getverb
To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
Getverb
(transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
Getverb
(transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
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(transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
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(intransitive) To begin (doing something).
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(transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
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(transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
Getverb
To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).
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To understand. get it}}
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To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
Getverb
(informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
Getverb
(transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
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To catch out, trick successfully.
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To perplex, stump.
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(transitive) To find as an answer.
Getverb
To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
Getverb
(transitive) To hear completely; catch.
Getverb
(transitive) To getter.
Getverb
To beget (of a father).
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(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
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Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
Getverb
Go away; get lost.
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(euphemism) To kill.
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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
Getnoun
(dated) Offspring.
Getnoun
Lineage.
Getnoun
A difficult return or block of a shot.
Getnoun
Something gained.
Getnoun
A git.
Getnoun
(Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
Getnoun
Jet, the mineral.
Getnoun
Fashion; manner; custom.
Getnoun
Artifice; contrivance.
Getnoun
Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
Getnoun
A divorce granted by a Rabbi in accordance with Jewish law; also, the document attesting to the divorce.
Getverb
To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.
Getverb
Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
Getverb
To beget; to procreate; to generate.
Getverb
To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson.
Getverb
To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
Getverb
To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; - with a following participle.
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To betake; to remove; - in a reflexive use.
Getverb
To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
Getverb
To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; - with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.
Getverb
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract;
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enter or assume a certain state or condition;
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cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;
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receive a specified treatment (abstract);
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reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress;
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go or come after and bring or take back;
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of mental or physical states or experiences;
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take vengeance on or get even;
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achieve a point or goal;
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cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
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succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase;
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come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
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be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;
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communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone;
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give certain properties to something;
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move into a desired direction of discourse;
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grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of;
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attract and fix;
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reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot;
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reach by calculation;
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acquire as a result of some effort or action;
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purchase;
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perceive by hearing;
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suffer from the receipt of;
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receive as a retribution or punishment;
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leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form;
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reach and board;
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irritate;
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evoke an emotional response;
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apprehend and reproduce accurately;
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in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;
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overcome or destroy;
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be a mystery or bewildering to;
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
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undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);
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make children;
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come to have (something); receive
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experience, suffer, or be afflicted with (something bad)
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receive as a punishment or penalty
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contract (a disease or ailment)
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succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain
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move in order to pick up or bring (something); fetch
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prepare (a meal)
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tend to meet with or find in a specified place or situation
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travel by or catch (a bus, train, or other form of transport)
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obtain (a figure or answer) as a result of calculation.
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make contact with, especially by telephone
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respond to a ring of (a telephone or doorbell)
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used to draw attention to someone whom one regards as pretentious or vain
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reach or cause to reach a specified state or condition
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used with past participle to form the passive mood
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cause to be treated in a specified way
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induce or prevail upon (someone) to do something
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have the opportunity to do
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begin to be or do something, especially gradually or by chance
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come, go, or make progress eventually or with some difficulty
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move or come into a specified position, situation, or state
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succeed in making (someone or something) come, go, or move somewhere
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reach a specified point or stage
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see have
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catch or apprehend (someone)
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strike or wound (someone) with a blow or missile
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punish, injure, or kill (someone), especially as retribution
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be punished, injured, or killed
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be appropriately punished or rewarded
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annoy (someone) greatly
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baffle (someone)
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understand (an argument or the person making it)
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acquire (knowledge) by study; learn
Getnoun
an animal's offspring.
Getnoun
a person whom the speaker dislikes or despises.
Makeverb
(transitive) To create.
Makeverb
To build, construct, or produce.
Makeverb
To write or compose.
Makeverb
To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
Makeverb
(religious) To create as, earth, heaven, stars, etc.
Makeverb
To behave, to act.
Makeverb
(intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
Makeverb
To constitute.
Makeverb
To interpret.
Makeverb
To bring into success.
Makeverb
To cause to be.
Makeverb
To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
Makeverb
To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
Makeverb
To force to do.
Makeverb
To indicate or suggest to be.
Makeverb
To cover neatly with bedclothes.
Makeverb
To recognise, identify.
Makeverb
To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
Makeverb
To proceed (in a direction).
Makeverb
(transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
Makeverb
(transitive) To move at (a speed).
Makeverb
To appoint; to name.
Makeverb
To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
Makeverb
To defecate or urinate.
Makeverb
(transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
Makeverb
(transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
Makeverb
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
Makeverb
To enact; to establish.
Makeverb
To develop into; to prove to be.
Makeverb
To form or formulate in the mind.
Makeverb
To perform a feat.
Makeverb
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
Makeverb
(obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
Makeverb
(obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
Makeverb
To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
Makeverb
To take the virginity of.
Makenoun
(often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model. t
Makenoun
How a thing is made; construction. s
Makenoun
Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture. s
Makenoun
(uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials. s
Makenoun
(dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing. s
Makenoun
A person's character or disposition. s
Makenoun
(bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
Makenoun
(physics) The closing of an electrical circuit. s
Makenoun
(computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
Makenoun
(slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence. s
Makenoun
Past or future target of seduction (usually female). s
Makenoun
A promotion.
Makenoun
A home-made project
Makenoun
(basketball) A made basket.
Makenoun
(dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
Makenoun
A halfpenny.
Makenoun
A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
Makenoun
Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
Makeverb
To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
Makeverb
To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; - often with up; as, to make up a story.
Makeverb
To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
Makeverb
To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; - often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
Makeverb
To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
Makeverb
To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
Makeverb
To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; - followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
Makeverb
To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.
Makeverb
To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
Makeverb
To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.
Makeverb
To be engaged or concerned in.
Makeverb
To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
Makeverb
To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; - often in the phrase to meddle or make.
Makeverb
To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
Makeverb
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; - with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
Makeverb
To increase; to augment; to accrue.
Makeverb
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
Makenoun
a recognizable kind;
Makenoun
the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Makeverb
engage in;
Makeverb
give certain properties to something;
Makeverb
make or cause to be or to become;
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cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
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give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
Makeverb
create or manufacture a man-made product;
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make, formulate, or derive in the mind;
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compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way;
Makeverb
create by artistic means;
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earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
Makeverb
create or design, often in a certain way;
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to compose or represent:
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reach a goal, e.g.,
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be or be capable of being changed or made into;
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make by shaping or bringing together constituents;
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perform or carry out;
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make by combining materials and parts;
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change from one form into another;
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act in a certain way so as to acquire;
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charge with a function; charge to be;
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achieve a point or goal;
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reach a destination, either real or abstract;
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institute, enact, or establish;
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carry out or commit;
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add up to;
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form by assembling individuals or constituents;
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organize or be responsible for;
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prepare for eating by applying heat;
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put in order or neaten;
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head into a specified direction;
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have a bowel movement;
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undergo fabrication or creation;
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be suitable for;
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amount to;
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constitute the essence of;
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appear to begin an activity;
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proceed along a path;
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reach in time;
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gather and light the materials for;
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induce to have sex;
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assure the success of;
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represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like;
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consider as being;
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calculate as being;
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cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable;
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favor the development of;
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develop into;
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behave in a certain way;
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eliminate urine;
