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Word entry · 3 letters

get

Best crossword clue

"Acquire"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɡɛt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted egtStarts with GEnds with T13 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To receive, obtain, become, understand, or cause something to happen.

Word origin

From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”).

Used in a sentence

  • I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
  • Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
  • I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer13 curated clues

01Acquire3 letters
02Catch, as a joke3 letters
03Come by3 letters
04Come to have3 letters
05Come to understand3 letters
06Fetch3 letters
07Obtain at last3 letters
08Obtain or receive3 letters
09Receive3 letters
10Receive or fetch3 letters
11Receive or obtain3 letters
12Receive or understand3 letters
13Obtain3 letters

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