obtain
IPA: ʌbtˈeɪn
verb
- (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.
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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.
- Krudsky then gets an idea to obtain the scepter and rule the world with it.
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