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ser — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.

Senses

ser is used for these senses in English:

  • be (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
  • be Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective or prepositional phrase.
  • be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
  • be Used to link a subject to a measurement.
  • be To occupy a place.
  • be (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
  • be To occur, to take place.
  • get (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

be — full definition

  1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

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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