Obtain

/əbˈteɪn/

Synonyms for "obtain" (332 found)

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Closest matches (67)

Verb(14 words)

receive accessed achieves acquire acquired acquires ascertain bagged borrow boughtbuy more applescheck outcoercecollect information

accept achieve acquire admit annex apply arouse assume bag bebe extantbe foundbe inbe in existencebe in forcebe met withbe presentbe seized ofbe the casebe the rage

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be the rulebe the thingbe thereborrow breathe bringbring backbring forthbring onbring outbring to lightbuycall forcall forthcall outcall upcapture catchchalk upchase afterclear

Noun(11 words)

accepted ruleaccess accesses acquiring arranging attaining broker buyingchemical sampledcollect a samplecollect chemical sample

Adjective(1 words)

acquired skill

Strong matches (99)

Verb(26 words)

collect samplecollect samplescollect watercollect water samplescompute copped derive derived derives deriving determine earned earns eked eking elicited extracted fetched find gain

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gained garner garnered get gets got

comecome bycome in forcome intocompass conquer contract contrive corral cumulate deduce derivederive fromdevelop dominatedrag downdrag outdrawdraw downdraw forth

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draw fromdraw ondraw outearn educe effect elicit employ enlistenter into possessionevoke evolve exist extort extract fetchfetch and carrygain getget fromget out ofgogo aftergo and getgo fetchgo forgo getgo to getgrasp

Noun(22 words)

cop copping copsderived fromdownload downloading downloads enlisting extract extracting extracts fetchingfield soil samplegaining gains garnering gatheringgerman landgleans grab

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grabs grias

Adjective(2 words)

copyrighteddry land being

Related words (166)

Verb(38 words)

grubbed harvested hold incur inherit inheritsisolate genetic materialland a contractland a scholarshiplanded nab nabbing nabs prevail procureprocure by catalogprocure equipmentprocure guest speakerprocured procures

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reaped reaps recdreceive energyreceived receivessecure resultssecured secures selects snagged sourcedtake a sampletake samplewin supportwrangled wrest wrings

happen to beharvest havehave beinghave coming inhave placehold induce inspire instigate land lead line live make motivate net occur persist pick

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pick uppossess possession predominate prevail procure provoke pullpull downpurchase quarry raise reap receive reign relate retrieve rouse rulerun aftersack score secure seize shag stand stimulate subsist summonsummon forthsummon upsuperinduce taketake intake ontake overtake possession ofwanglewangle out ofwinwinkle outworm outworm out of

Noun(63 words)

harvestinghiring contracthustleindex based accessinheriting landland a jobland based activitylanding lassolawfully obtainedlegitimately earnedlive samplelooting loots luckmusic collectsnetsnonbiological samplenorwegian ta

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old norse fáaorderorder statuspart of a documentpatentprocure sampleprocure suppliesprocuring purchases purchasingqualifying term usagequarries quarrying reaching reaping receiving resource retrieving samplesample extractionsample the soilsample the waterschleppssecure a contractsecure societysnag snaggingsolution samplesourcesource bundlesource comparison tasksource cuesource of energysource quality categorysources sourcingstem cell lineswabs votes winkle winning wins wrangles

Adjective(2 words)

living organism samplesecurest

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

acquire be change exist get

More specific

4 entries

calculate estimate procure secure

Collocations

6 entries

consent data evidence information permission results

Inflections

3 entries

obtained obtaining obtains

Derivations

5 entries

obtainability obtainable obtainably obtainment unobtainable

similar

2 entries

acquire get

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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How did you obtain these old postage stamps?

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We should try to obtain peace.

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Where can I obtain a map of Europe?

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How did you obtain this painting?

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