obtain

IPA: ʌbtˈeɪn

(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
(intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
(transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.
(intransitive, philosophy) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

Examples of "obtain" in Sentences

It was also obtainable in the UK.
The report is obtainable at Amazon.
The statistics are readily obtainable.
The acetate is obtained in high purity.
The court testimony is obtainable online.
The dried solid is obtained as an agglomerate.
He obtained the annulment of the sequestration.
No accounting records of the Ormond are obtainable.
The equations of the perturbation theory are obtained.
Many figures were obtain from the Norton Online Living Report by Symantec.
Krudsky then gets an idea to obtain the scepter and rule the world with it.
And the very things which the Jews speak of the Hebrew word obtain also in the Greek.
He seems not to accept "authority" in any terms other than those that might obtain from a guarantee of preservation from all error by the Spirit.
The central & north European pies I tasted were on par with what one might obtain from a day old Chuck-E-Cheese slice, after it has been carefully aged on the floor of a truck stop bathroom in Gaffney, SC.
Recently, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY) posted an Ethics Opinion commenting on the developing issue of what lawyers may properly obtain from the Internet concerning clients or adversaries.
But also, as previously mentioned, what most people really obtain is not so much insurance (characterized by infrequent events and high payouts) but rather a product called insurance that really functions as insulation or consumption smoothing (characterized by frequent events and low pay outs).