Associations to the word «Obtain»
Noun
- Doctorate
- Phd
- Redress
- Visa
- Diploma
- Permission
- Bsc
- Biopsy
- Distillation
- Consent
- Licence
- Injunction
- Bachelor
- License
- Certificate
- Calibration
- Authorization
- Eq
- Equation
- Passport
- Jd
- Approximation
- Permit
- Fourier
- Spectrum
- Diffraction
- Citizenship
- Coefficient
- Sample
- Concession
- Pretence
- Approbation
- Mba
- Methanol
- Patent
- Approval
- Aba
- Ph
- Disclosure
- Pretense
- Warrant
- Baccalaureate
- Nutrient
- Financing
- Hydrolysis
- Spectrometer
- Parameter
- Ethyl
- Measurement
- Exp
- Divorce
- Tomography
- Restitution
- Hydroxide
- Clearance
- Decomposition
- Ba
- Sampling
- Dividing
- Information
- Professorship
- Integral
- Nourishment
- Degree
- Polymerization
- Tensor
- Matrice
- Spectroscopy
- Bribery
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
OBTAIN, verb. (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
OBTAIN, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. [15th–19th c.]
OBTAIN, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. [15th–19th c.]
OBTAIN, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy. [15th–18th c.]
OBTAIN, verb. (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. [from 17th c.]
Dictionary definition
OBTAIN, verb. Come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?".
OBTAIN, verb. Receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions".
OBTAIN, verb. Be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds".
Wise words
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?