What is "getting" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 26-10-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does getting mean in English? Meaning of getting definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "getting" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "getting": the act of acquiring something

Noun

  • Meaning: the act of acquiring something
  • Example: I envied his talent for acquiring he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
  • Synonyms: acquiring getting
  • Hyponyms: acquisition appropriation capture catching contracting gaining control moving in obtainment obtention occupancy occupation pickup receipt reception seizure
  • Hypernyms: act deed human action human activity
  • Synonyms:

    securing, taking, winning, catching, pursuing, grasping, gaining, appropriating, snatching, assimilating, clutching, seizing, mastering, obtaining, confiscating, earning, capturing, growing, becoming, accepting, succumbing, altering, submitting to,

    Antonyms:

    refusal, abandoning, giving up, losing, rejecting, throwing off, refusal, abandoning, giving up, losing, rejecting, throwing off,

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    getting in English: getting
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