(Irregular preterit, past participle: got; or p.p.: gotten).
1. To acquire as a result of some effort or action.
2. To cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; SYN. let, have.
3. To come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; SYN. acquire.
4. To communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone.
5. To evoke an emotional response.
6. To irritate.
7. To overcome or destroy.
8. To purchase.
9. To reach and board.
10. To reach by calculation.
11. To reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; SYN. catch.
12. To receive as a retribution or punishment; SYN. receive.
13. To succeed in catching or seizing, esp. after a chase; SYN. catch, capture.
(Homonym: reed).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: read).
1. To interpret something that is written or printed.
2. To look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed.
3. To indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; SYN. register, show, record.
4. To hear and understand.
5. To interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior.
6. To have or contain a certain wording or form; SYN. say.
7. To obtain data from magnetic tapes; SYN. scan.
1. A particular interpretation or performance
2. The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; SYN. meter reading.
3. The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
4. The data presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; SYN. meter reading.
5. Written material intended to be read