In English, there’s no escaping this little verb. There are only 3 letters in “get” but it’s a very important word in English. Do you know its different meanings? What exactly do “Do you get what I mean?”, “I’ll get John to do it”, or “We got to the meeting late” mean?
Sure, in all of these sentences the key verb is “get”, but each time it has a different meaning. “But I can just replace it with an easier word like “understand”, “ask”, or “arrived”” I hear you saying already. Yes, you can, but if you listen to or read English, you can’t avoid it. For better or for worse, “get” is ranked as the 39th most frequent word in English. So it’s time to get your head around “get”.
The examples above demonstrated 3 different meanings of the verb, but there are about a dozen in all. Oh. yay.
Don’t worry. We’re going to clarify things so that you can understand the different meanings. You’re going to start getting “get”!
After reading these explanations and examples, you can test yourself with the quiz on the different meanings of the word.... click to read more.
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