Getting
['ɡetɪŋ] or ['ɡɛtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Get
(n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
(n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
Edited by Hamilton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Acquisition, acquirement.
Edited by Lilian
Examples
- By degrees the anarchy finds a way into private houses, and ends by getting among the animals and infecting them. Plato. The Republic.
- In the way of getting credit, and living well,' said Mr Lammle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What need you getting drunk, then, and cutting up, Prue? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I had seven different schemes for getting a glimpse of that telegram, but I could hardly hope to succeed the very first time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We must not have you getting too learned for a woman, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I can't help it--There's no getting on with Fred Lamb. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As to that little man himself, his whole attention had become absorbed in getting near the door and looking out at it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Why, George, this state of mind is awful; it's getting really desperate George. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Was it mad with mommer for getting its supper so late? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But nothing that could be done would prevent the rubber from getting soft in summer and hard and brittle in the winter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I thank you for my share of the favour, said Elizabeth; but I do not particularly like your way of getting husbands. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Well, I won't, but I hate to see things going all crisscross and getting snarled up, when a pull here and a snip there would straighten it out. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But it was now only about nine in the morning, and he was getting into position on Hancock's right. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Has there been any trouble getting parts? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Nigel