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Synset

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 269 freq. cnt.: 235 freq. cnt.: 34

acquire more info
get more info

sample sentences

"She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"
"They acquired a new pet"
"Get your results the next day"
"Get permission to take a few days off from work"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
The children %s the ball

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
The children %s the ball
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
getting
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
acquisitive acquirable acquiring acquisition acquisition acquirer acquirer acquirer acquirer
semantic pointers
hyponym
isolate get back, win back press out, express, extract catch, capture come by, come into buy, purchase take, rent, lease, hire, charter, engage receive, have turn buy find glom come upon, luck into, enter upon find, line up, get hold, come up accept, take, have obtain retrieve, recover, regain, find catch recover, recoup, recuperate reclaim, repossess find, regain win, gain, acquire earn, make, bring in, realize, gain, take in, clear, realise, pull in earn, garner, win benefit, gain, profit share, partake, partake in preempt preempt pick up, collect, gather up, call for inherit borrow pick up get poll
verb group
get, receive, obtain, find, incur