getting

verb (-ing form of get: get, gets, got, got/gotten, getting)

«getting» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Receiving or obtaining: "I'm getting a new bike." tree →
Becoming: "It's getting dark." tree →
Arriving or moving: "We're getting home late." tree →
Understanding: "Are you getting this?" tree →
Fetching: "She's getting the milk." tree →
"Getting on" can mean how someone is doing or managing. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday speech "getting" often means "becoming": getting cold, getting better, getting older. In maths: "getting bigger" means increasing. Phrases: getting up, getting ready, getting better, getting on (well with), getting along, getting dressed.

Examples

It's getting dark outside. tree →
I'm getting ready for school. tree →
Are you getting better? tree →
We're getting a puppy! tree →
The ice is getting thin, so stay off. tree →
She is getting good at swimming. tree →
They are getting on well together. tree →
He is getting up early tomorrow. tree →
"How's my old woman getting on?" tree →

Note

Double the t: get → getting. "Gotten" is American; British usually uses "got". In maths, "getting smaller by 2 each time" means subtract 2 each step.

In Jewish tradition

Here "getting" means what a person has gained or acquired, so "the cattle of his getting" means the livestock he had acquired. In the primary lessons: In everyday speech "getting" often means "becoming": getting cold, getting better, getting older. In maths: "getting bigger" means increasing. Phrases: getting up, getting ready, getting better, getting on (well with), getting along, getting dressed.

Examples

and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. (Torah GEN.31.18, JPS 1917) tree →
The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding. (Writings PRO.4.7, JPS 1917) tree →
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death. (Writings PRO.21.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Double the t: get → getting. "Gotten" is American; British usually uses "got". In maths, "getting smaller by 2 each time" means subtract 2 each step.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «getting» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«getting» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «getting» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«getting» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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