obtain

1. Come into possession of (synset 202242867)
   "How did you obtain the visa?"
   is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
   subtypes:

   • carry - secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
   • dig up, excavate, turn up - find by digging in the ground
   • extort, wring from - get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
   • kite - get credit or money by using a bad check
   • source - get (a product) from another country or business
   • procure, secure - get by special effort
   • extract - get despite difficulties or obstacles
   • take out - obtain by legal or official process
   • get in, get into - secure a place in a college, university, etc.
   • eke out, squeeze out - obtain with difficulty
   • bum, cadge, grub, mooch, sponge - ask for and get free; be a parasite
   • derive, gain - obtain
   • shop - do one's shopping
   • snag - get by acting quickly and smartly
   • grab - obtain illegally or unscrupulously
2. Receive a specified treatment (abstract) (synset 200523831)
   "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes: take - ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
   same as: find, get, incur, receive
   verb group: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
3. Be valid, applicable, or true (synset 202654604)
   "This theory still holds"
   is a type of: be, exist - have an existence, be extant
   same as: hold, prevail

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