Associations to the word «Obtain»
Noun
- Doctorate
- Phd
- Redress
- Visa
- Diploma
- Permission
- Bsc
- Biopsy
- Distillation
- Consent
- Licence
- Injunction
- Bachelor
- License
- Certificate
- Calibration
- Authorization
- Eq
- Equation
- Passport
- Jd
- Approximation
- Permit
- Fourier
- Spectrum
- Diffraction
- Citizenship
- Coefficient
- Sample
- Concession
- Pretence
- Approbation
- Mba
- Methanol
- Patent
- Approval
- Aba
- Ph
- Disclosure
- Pretense
- Warrant
- Baccalaureate
- Nutrient
- Financing
- Hydrolysis
- Spectrometer
- Parameter
- Ethyl
- Measurement
- Exp
- Divorce
- Tomography
- Restitution
- Hydroxide
- Clearance
- Decomposition
- Ba
- Sampling
- Dividing
- Information
- Professorship
- Integral
- Nourishment
- Degree
- Polymerization
- Tensor
- Matrice
- Spectroscopy
- Bribery
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
OBTAIN, verb. (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
OBTAIN, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. [15th–19th c.]
OBTAIN, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. [15th–19th c.]
OBTAIN, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy. [15th–18th c.]
OBTAIN, verb. (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. [from 17th c.]
Dictionary definition
OBTAIN, verb. Come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?".
OBTAIN, verb. 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".
OBTAIN, verb. Be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.