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# getting

verb (-ing form of get: get, gets, got, got/gotten, getting)

«getting» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Receiving or obtaining: "I'm getting a new bike." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m1)
2. Becoming: "It's getting dark." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m2)
3. Arriving or moving: "We're getting home late." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m3)
4. Understanding: "Are you getting this?" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m4)
5. Fetching: "She's getting the milk." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m5)
6. "Getting on" can mean how someone is doing or managing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m6)

### In the lessons

In everyday speech "getting" often means "becoming": getting cold, getting better, getting older. In maths: "getting bigger" means increasing. Phrases: getting up, getting ready, getting better, getting on (well with), getting along, getting dressed.

### Examples

- It's getting dark outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x1)
- I'm getting ready for school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x2)
- Are you getting better? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x3)
- We're getting a puppy! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x4)
- The ice is getting thin, so stay off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x5)
- She is getting good at swimming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x6)
- They are getting on well together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x7)
- He is getting up early tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x8)
- "How's my old woman getting on?" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x9)

### Note

Double the t: get → getting. "Gotten" is American; British usually uses "got". In maths, "getting smaller by 2 each time" means subtract 2 each step.

## In Jewish tradition

Here "getting" means what a person has gained or acquired, so "the cattle of his getting" means the livestock he had acquired. In the primary lessons: In everyday speech "getting" often means "becoming": getting cold, getting better, getting older. In maths: "getting bigger" means increasing. Phrases: getting up, getting ready, getting better, getting on (well with), getting along, getting dressed.

### Examples

- and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. (Torah GEN.31.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x1)
- The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding. (Writings PRO.4.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x2)
- The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death. (Writings PRO.21.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x3)

### Note

Double the t: get → getting. "Gotten" is American; British usually uses "got". In maths, "getting smaller by 2 each time" means subtract 2 each step.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «getting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«getting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/getting.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «getting» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«getting» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/getting.html) on Mova free.