obtenir — meaning in English

English meaning

• achieve verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
• get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
• guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
• obtain verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.

Senses

obtenir is used for these senses in English:

• achieve (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]
• get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
• get (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
• guess To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

achieve — full definition

1. verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
2. verb To do well, especially in school or in a career.

get — full definition

1. verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
2. verb To become, or to cause someone or something to become, a certain way (often with an adjective).
3. verb To fetch or bring something.
4. verb To arrive at or reach a place or state.
5. verb To understand something.

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