Get vs. Post
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.
Getverb
(transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
Getverb
(intransitive) To begin (doing something).
Getverb
(transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
Getverb
(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).
Getverb
To understand. get it}}
Getverb
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).
Getverb
To catch out, trick successfully.
Getverb
To perplex, stump.
Getverb
(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).
Getverb
(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
Getverb
Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
Getverb
Go away; get lost.
Getverb
(euphemism) To kill.
Getverb
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.
Getverb
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;
Getverb
enter or assume a certain state or condition;
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cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;
Getverb
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;
Getverb
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;
Getverb
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;
Getverb
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;
Getverb
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;
Getverb
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;
Getverb
leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form;
Getverb
reach and board;
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irritate;
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evoke an emotional response;
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apprehend and reproduce accurately;
Getverb
in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;
Getverb
overcome or destroy;
Getverb
be a mystery or bewildering to;
Getverb
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
Getverb
experience, suffer, or be afflicted with (something bad)
Getverb
receive as a punishment or penalty
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contract (a disease or ailment)
Getverb
succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain
Getverb
move in order to pick up or bring (something); fetch
Getverb
prepare (a meal)
Getverb
tend to meet with or find in a specified place or situation
Getverb
travel by or catch (a bus, train, or other form of transport)
Getverb
obtain (a figure or answer) as a result of calculation.
Getverb
make contact with, especially by telephone
Getverb
respond to a ring of (a telephone or doorbell)
Getverb
used to draw attention to someone whom one regards as pretentious or vain
Getverb
reach or cause to reach a specified state or condition
Getverb
used with past participle to form the passive mood
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cause to be treated in a specified way
Getverb
induce or prevail upon (someone) to do something
Getverb
have the opportunity to do
Getverb
begin to be or do something, especially gradually or by chance
Getverb
come, go, or make progress eventually or with some difficulty
Getverb
move or come into a specified position, situation, or state
Getverb
succeed in making (someone or something) come, go, or move somewhere
Getverb
reach a specified point or stage
Getverb
see have
Getverb
catch or apprehend (someone)
Getverb
strike or wound (someone) with a blow or missile
Getverb
punish, injure, or kill (someone), especially as retribution
Getverb
be punished, injured, or killed
Getverb
be appropriately punished or rewarded
Getverb
annoy (someone) greatly
Getverb
baffle (someone)
Getverb
understand (an argument or the person making it)
Getverb
acquire (knowledge) by study; learn
Getnoun
an animal's offspring.
Getnoun
a person whom the speaker dislikes or despises.
Postnoun
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
Postnoun
(construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
Postnoun
A pole in a battery.
Postnoun
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
Postnoun
A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
Postnoun
A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
Postnoun
(sports) A goalpost.
Postnoun
(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
Postnoun
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
Postnoun
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
Postnoun
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
Postnoun
Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
Postnoun
An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
Postnoun
A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
Postnoun
A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
Postnoun
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
Postnoun
(American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
Postnoun
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
Postnoun
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
Postnoun
An assigned station; a guard post.
Postnoun
An appointed position in an organization, job.
Postnoun
Post-production.
Postverb
(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
Postverb
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
Postverb
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
Postverb
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
Postverb
To pay (a blind).
Postverb
To put content online, usually through a publicly accessible mean, such as a video channel, gallery, message board, blog etc.
Postverb
To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
Postverb
To travel quickly; to hurry.
Postverb
(UK) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
Postverb
(horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
Postverb
(Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
Postverb
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
Postverb
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
Postadverb
With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
Postadverb
Sent via the postal service.
Postpreposition
After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
Postadjective
Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
Postnoun
A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
Postnoun
The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
Postnoun
The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
Postnoun
A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
Postnoun
An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
Postnoun
Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
Postnoun
One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
Postnoun
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
Postnoun
A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
Postverb
To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
Postverb
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
Postverb
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
Postverb
To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
Postverb
To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
Postverb
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
Postverb
To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; - often with up.
Postverb
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
Postverb
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
Postadverb
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
Postnoun
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand;
Postnoun
military installation at which a body of troops is stationed;
Postnoun
a job in an organization;
Postnoun
an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position;
Postnoun
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
Postnoun
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
Postnoun
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
Postnoun
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered;
Postnoun
a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track);
Postnoun
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office;
Postnoun
the delivery and collection of letters and packages;
Postverb
affix in a public place or for public notice;
Postverb
publicize with, or as if with, a poster;
Postverb
assign to a post; put into a post;
Postverb
assign to a station
Postverb
display, as of records in sports games
Postverb
enter on a public list
Postverb
transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Postverb
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
Postverb
mark with a stake;
Postverb
put up;
Postverb
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
Postverb
mark or expose as infamous;
Postnoun
a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker
Postnoun
a goalpost
Postnoun
a starting post or winning post.
Postnoun
a piece of writing, image, or other item of content published online, typically on a blog or social media website or application
Postnoun
the official service or system that delivers letters and parcels
Postnoun
letters and parcels delivered
Postnoun
a single collection or delivery of mail
Postnoun
used in names of newspapers
Postnoun
each of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between fixed stages.
Postnoun
a person or vehicle that carries mail.
Postnoun
a position of paid employment; a job
Postnoun
a place where someone is on duty or where a particular activity is carried out
Postnoun
a place where a soldier or police officer is stationed or which they patrol
Postnoun
a force stationed at a permanent position or camp; a garrison.
Postnoun
a local group in an organization of military veterans.
Postnoun
the status or rank of full-grade captain in the Royal Navy
Postverb
display (a notice) in a public place
Postverb
put notices on or in
Postverb
announce or publish (something, especially a financial result)
Postverb
publish the name of (a member of the armed forces) as missing or dead
Postverb
publish (a piece of writing, image, or other item of content) online, typically on a blog or social media website or application
Postverb
(of a player or team) achieve or record (a particular score or result)
Postverb
send (a letter or parcel) via the postal system
Postverb
(in bookkeeping) enter (an item) in a ledger
Postverb
complete (a ledger) by entering items.
Postverb
travel with relays of horses
Postverb
travel with haste; hurry
Postverb
send (someone) to a place to take up an appointment
Postverb
station (someone, especially a soldier or police officer) in a particular place
Postadverb
with haste
Postpreposition
subsequent to; after
