verb
get
Become or cause to become a particular way.
The room gets colder when the sun goes down.
Etymology
The older verb concerns obtaining. Getting a condition developed into coming to possess it, so get can mean becoming tired, ready, or otherwise changed.
More examples
- Do not get angry.
- She got the door open.
- The children are getting hungry.
Forms
get · gets · got · gotten · getting
Similar words
- become
- Describes entering a state, without get's causative uses.