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- [get too]
- /gɛt tu/
- /ˈɡet tuː/
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- [get too]
- /gɛt tu/
Definitions of get to words
- verb with object get to to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 1
- verb with object get to to cause to be in one's possession or succeed in having available for one's use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to get a good price after bargaining; to get oil by drilling; to get information. 1
- verb with object get to to go after, take hold of, and bring (something) for one's own or for another's purposes; fetch: Would you get the milk from the refrigerator for me? 1
- verb with object get to to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified; effect: to get one's hair cut; to get a person drunk; to get a fire to burn; to get a dog out of a room. 1
- verb with object get to to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach: You can always get me by telephone. 1
- verb with object get to to hear or hear clearly: I didn't get your last name. 1
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Origin of get to
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; (v.) Middle English geten < Old Norse geta to obtain, beget; cognate with Old English -gietan (> Middle English yeten), German -gessen, in vergessen to forget; (noun) Middle English: something gotten, offspring, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Get to
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
get to popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
get to usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for get to
verb get to
- bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- pester — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
Antonyms for get to
verb get to
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.