obtenir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- obtain verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.
- procure verb To obtain something, especially through effort or by particular means.
Senses
obtenir is used for these senses in English:
- elicit To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
- get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- get (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- procure (transitive) To acquire or obtain.
get — full definition
- verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- verb To become, or to cause someone or something to become, a certain way (often with an adjective).
- verb To fetch or bring something.
- verb To arrive at or reach a place or state.
- verb To understand something.