obtain
Verb
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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
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesubtypes: take - ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
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