Verb get: do you know all its meanings?

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English is a language that relies heavily on polysemy, meaning it has a huge number of words that mean multiple things. This is one of the reasons why there is so much pun- based humour in English . It can also be an added complication when learning vocabulary. Have you ever been asked what a word means and needed to ask for context? Because a word as simple and seemingly easy to define as chair can have meanings as different as “silla” and “presidencia”. Today we are going to talk about one of the most extreme cases of this polysemy: the verb get .



Peculiarities of the verb get
It is an irregular verb , with the simple past tense got and the past denmark phone number list got , although the alternative form gotten is very common, especially in spoken English .


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With over 30 different uses, not to mention its appearance in a large number of phrasal verbs with very varied meanings, it is one of the most difficult verbs to define in the language. If you pay attention, you will notice that it is used constantly, especially in more informal registers . If you want your English to sound natural, you will have to learn to handle it. Because of its large number of meanings, it is not very useful to memorize definitions: it is much better to memorize expressions. That is why we bring you this collection of uses of the verb get, organized by topic.