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obtener — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acquire verb To get or obtain something, often through effort, purchase, or over time.
  • elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
  • exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
  • 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.
  • secure adj Protected from danger, harm, or loss.

Senses

obtener is used for these senses in English:

  • acquire (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
  • check out (transitive, computer programming) To obtain source code (and/or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later "check in" the modified version back).
  • elicit To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
  • exact (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
  • get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • get (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  • secure To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

acquire — full definition

  1. verb To get or obtain something, often through effort, purchase, or over time.
  2. verb To develop or catch (an illness, habit, or skill) over time.

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