getting

Plural: gettings

Noun

• the act of acquiring something
  • "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
• The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
• That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.

Verb

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• enter or assume a certain state or condition
  • "It must be getting more serious"
• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
• receive a specified treatment (abstract)
• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
• go or come after and bring or take back
• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
• take vengeance on or get even
• achieve a point or goal
• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
• give certain properties to something
• move into a desired direction of discourse
• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
• attract and fix
• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
• reach by calculation
• acquire as a result of some effort or action
• purchase
• perceive by hearing
• suffer from the receipt of
• receive as a retribution or punishment
• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
• reach and board
• irritate
• evoke an emotional response
• apprehend and reproduce accurately
• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
• overcome or destroy
• be a mystery or bewildering to
• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
• make children
• present participle and gerund of get

Synonyms

acquire, acquiring, aim, amaze, arrest, arrive, baffle, beat, become, beget, begin, bewilder, bring, bring forth, bugger off, buzz off, capture, catch, cause, come, commence, contract, convey, develop, draw, drive, dumbfound, engender, experience, father, fetch, find, fix, flummox, fuck off, generate, get, get down, get under one's skin, go, gravel, grow, have, incur, induce, let, make, mother, mystify, nonplus, obtain, pay back, pay off, perplex, pose, produce, puzzle, receive, scram, set about, set out, sire, start, start out, stick, stimulate, stupefy, suffer, sustain, take, vex

Antonyms

end, leave, take away