HELPNOTE In spoken AmE the past participle gotten is almost always used.
receive / obtain
1 [VN] [nopassive] to receive sth:
I got a letter from Dave this morning. * What (= What presents) did you get for your birthday? * He gets (= earns) about $40000 a year. * This room gets very little sunshine. * I got a shock when I saw the bill. * I get the impression that he is bored with his job.
2 [nopassive] ~ sth (for yourself / sb)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for get is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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