getting
the act of acquiring something
How often you will meet it
Rank 615 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 31,397 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the act of acquiring something also: acquiring I envied his talent for acquiringhe's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
getting in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I'm accusing nobody, but I'm getting somebody.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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They are always getting the best of it.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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He was getting into his clothes in fumbling haste.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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I then put to sea, and in getting to shore had three encouragements.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Shade was getting well fast, and with troubled eyes Arch saw him sitting up in a chair and cleaning his Winchester.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1