Obtain synonyms

əb-tān', ŏb-

To get hold or possession of; obtain; acquire

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(Informal) To get without cost, as by begging, imposition, etc.

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To receive or take over from a predecessor:

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relinquish (antonym)

To let go (free, away), physically release.

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To reap is defined as to cut, gather or harvest.

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To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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To come to or arrive at, as through movement, growth, or the passage of time:

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To receive into a particular relation or association, as into one's care or keeping:

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To achieve victory or finish first in a competition.

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lose (antonym)

To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.

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Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over.

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To make complete; perfect

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To go under cover.

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(Chiefly UK) To make a shy person more confident.

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To reproduce convincingly.

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fetch-and-carry

To serve obsequiously.

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To cause someone to remember something from the past.

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To create, generate, bring into existence.

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To get as an increase, addition, profit, or advantage

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To gain with effort or despite difficulty; reach:

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To examine or go through (books, etc.) so as to collect certain information

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To rescue or save

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(Now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

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To put (the pages or signatures of a book) in proper order for binding

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(Intransitive) To receive payment for work.

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(Intransitive with on, by extension) To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".

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To bring about; produce as a result; cause; accomplish

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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.

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To save from loss or destruction.

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To put into a pocket

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(Archaic) To go around; make a circuit of

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(Business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares, bonds, etc.

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(Computing) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.

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To accumulate and store away money, goods, or other valued items

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(Intransitive) To go out of active service.

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To gather; garner:

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(Idiomatic) To generate or encourage; to campaign for.

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To collect together by scraping

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scrape-together

(Idiomatic) To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty

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(Intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit.

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To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

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To grab or snatch something

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To consume something rapidly

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(Slang) To contact someone.

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get hold of; beg

To gain possession

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Borrow means to take over something and use it as one's own.

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or steal

To gain possession

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be pertinent to

Pertain

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appertain to

Pertain

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To be relevant to.

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give (antonym)

(May take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

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donate (antonym)

(Chemistry) To provide an electron or atom, for example, for combination with an acceptor.

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present (antonym)

To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow. [from 14th c.]

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seize (related)

(--- Historical) To put in legal possession of a feudal holding

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concern (related)

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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To bring about; achieve; contrive

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To acquire or obtain.

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forsake (antonym)

To leave; abandon

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sacrifice (antonym)

To sell or give away at a loss.

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forfeit (antonym)

To lose or give up (something) on account of an offense, error, or failure to fulfill an agreement:

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To leave a ship or boat and go on shore; disembark

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To get or recover the use of

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To acquire or come into (something usually undesirable); sustain:

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(Intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.

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To cause to wait or delay.

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To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.

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To enter and proliferate in bodily tissue, as a pathogen:

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(Intransitive) To get better, regain one's health.

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(Informal) To consume something quickly.

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force from

To gain possession

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To gain possession

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Synonym Study

Gain always implies effort in the getting of something advantageous or profitable to gain fame
Acquire implies a lengthy process in the getting and connotes collection or accretion he acquired a fine education
Secure implies difficulty in obtaining something and perhaps in retaining it to secure a lasting peace
Procure suggests active effort or contrivance in getting or bringing to pass to procure a settlement of the dispute
Get is the word of broadest application meaning to come into possession of, with or without effort or volition to get a job, an idea, a headache, etc.
Obtain implies that there is effort or desire in the getting he has obtained aid

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