get/obtain

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1 receiving and obtaining sth
2 looking for and finding sb/sth
3 going to get sb/sth
4 bringing things together (collecting things)
see also HAVE/POSSESS

1 receiving and obtaining sth
- to become the owner or the user of sth by your own effort: get* sth, (formal) obtain sth, (formal) acquire sth
I'm saving up to get a new car. ◎ It takes several weeks to obtain a visa.
- to become the owner or the user of sth that sb sends you or gives you: get* sth, (formal) receive sth; noun (U): (formal) receipt
What did you get for Christmas? ◎ Did you receive the application form we sent you? ◎ We will pay you on receipt of the goods.
- to get sth with your hand: take* sth
Here! Can you take this screwdriver a minute?
- to get sth from a high place: take* sth down
Can you take down that picture?
- to take sth roughly or suddenly: snatch sth, grab sth
Julia snatched the ball off Hamish. ◎ He grabbed my handbag and ran off.
- if you can touch sth and get it for sb, you can reach it
Can you reach the newspaper?
- to get sth by hard work, great effort, etc: gain sth
to gain a degree
※—† being able to get sth
- if you can get sth, it is obtainable; opposite: unobtainable
The shop told me that the computer I want to buy is unobtainable at the moment.
- if you can buy or use sth, it is available; opposite: unavailable; noun (U): availability
Did you find the hotel? Were there any rooms available?

2 looking for and finding sb/sth
- to get sth that you want after looking for it or by chance: find* sth
I found this dress in a shop in the High Street.
- to find sth that will be useful: get* hold of sth
Do you know where I could get hold of a book on rabbits?
- to find sb or make contact with sb: get* (hold of) sb
Where have you been? I've been trying to get hold of you all day!
- to get back sth you have lost or that sb took from you: find* sth, (formal) recover sth
I found my comb under the sink. ◎ The police recovered my wallet after five days.
- to get sth back from somewhere: (formal) retrieve sth (from sth)
My computer broke down, but luckily I managed to retrieve most of my data.
※ more on finding things FIND

3 going to get sb/sth
- to go and bring sb/sth from a place: get* sb/sth (for sb), fetch sb/sth (for sb), collect sb/sth (for sb); if you are talking about a thing (not a person), you can also say get* (sb) sth, fetch (sb) sth
I've got to get some parcels from the post office. ◎ She very kindly offered to fetch the children for me. ◎ Mrs Bartlett collects the children from school every day. ◎ When you're in town, can you get me my trousers from the cleaners?
- an act of collecting sth: collection
Rubbish collection is on Tuesdays and Fridays.
- to tell sb to go and get sb/sth: send* (sb) (for sb/sth)
I've sent Damian for some potatoes.

4 bringing things together (collecting things)
- to bring a number of things together in a place: collect sth, gather sth (together)
Could you collect all the old newspapers and put them in the rubbish, please? ◎ I gathered my papers together and went off to work.
- to bring together a number of objects of a particular type over a period of time because they interest you: collect sth; a person who does this: collector; the things which are collected: collection
I collect old coins. ◎ a stamp collector ◎ a collection of miniature teapots