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Related / Similar Words: receive, get, find, incur, prevail, hold

Definition:

receive a specified treatment (abstract); "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";

come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?";

be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds";

Hyponyms: take, carry, excavate, dig up, turn up, extort, wring from, kite, source, procure, secure, extract, take out, get in, get into, eke out, squeeze out, mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge, derive, gain, shop, snag, grab

Grouped Verbs: get, acquire

Derivational Morphology: obtainment, obtention

Language Translations:
Chinese: 获得		Dutch: verkrijgen
Finnish: hankkia		French: obtenir
German: erlangen		Hungarian: kap
Italian: ottenere		Japanese: 手に入れる
Korean: 얻다		Portuguese: obter
Romanian: obţine		Russian: добывать
Spanish: obtener		Swedish: erhålla
Telugu: సమకూర్చుకొను

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