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getting (root: get)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun getting has 1 sense
- getting(n = noun.act) acquiring - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
has particulars: acquisition, obtainment, obtention, catching, contracting, appropriation, moving in, occupancy, occupation, capture, gaining control, seizure, receipt, reception, pickup
Derived forms verb get12, verb get22, verb get1
CIDE DICTIONARY
getting, n.
- The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition. [1913 Webster]"With all thy getting, get understanding." [1913 Webster]
- That which is got or obtained; gain; profit. [1913 Webster]
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