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All obtain synonyms

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verb obtain

  • get hold of β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • find β€” to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
  • gain β€” to make a gain or gains in.
  • attain β€” If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
  • acquire β€” If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
  • achieve β€” If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
  • take β€” to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • get β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • access β€” If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
  • collect β€” If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
  • earn β€” to gain or get in return for one's labor or service: to earn one's living.
  • gather β€” to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
  • glean β€” to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
  • have β€” Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • pick up β€” to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • procure β€” to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • purchase β€” to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • reach β€” to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
  • realise β€” to grasp or understand clearly.
  • realize β€” to grasp or understand clearly.
  • reap β€” to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
  • receive β€” to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
  • recover β€” to cover again or anew.
  • retrieve β€” to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
  • secure β€” free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
  • seize β€” to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
  • win β€” to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
  • accomplish β€” If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
  • annex β€” If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
  • capture β€” If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
  • compass β€” A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
  • cop β€” A cop is a policeman or policewoman.
  • corral β€” In North America, a corral is a space surrounded by a fence where cattle or horses are kept.
  • effect β€” something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
  • fetch β€” to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
  • grab β€” to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
  • hoard β€” a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
  • inherit β€” to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
  • invade β€” to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
  • nab β€” to arrest or capture.
  • occupy β€” to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • pocket β€” a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
  • salvage β€” the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
  • save β€” to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
  • score β€” the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
  • snag β€” a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
  • wangle β€” to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
  • chalk up β€” If you chalk up a success, a victory, or a number of points in a game, you achieve it.
  • come by β€” To come by something means to obtain it or find it.
  • drum up β€” a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
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