Get
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Offspring. Lineage. A difficult return or block of a shot. A git. A Jewish writ of divorce.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To obtain, purchase or acquire. To receive. To fetch. To become. To cause to become; to bring about. (used with preposition) To don or doff clothing, etc. To cause to do. To betake oneself. To arrive (at) or progress (towards a place or outcome). To go or come (to a specified place, or in a specified manner). To adopt or assume (a certain position or state). To begin (doing something). To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service). To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc). To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something). To understand. To be (used to form the passive of verbs). To become ill with or catch (a disease). To catch out, trick successfully. To perplex, stump. To find as an answer. To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal). To physically assault. To hear completely; catch. To getter.
Example sentence: By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Acquire
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To get.To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
Example sentence: Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.