obtain

obtain is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hold; to keep; to possess. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To hold; to keep; to possess.
2. transitive verb. To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.
3. intransitive verb. To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.
4. intransitive verb. To prevail; to succeed.
5. verb. receive a specified treatment (abstract)

   "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"

   "His movie received a good review"

   Synonyms: find, get, incur, receive

6. verb. come into possession of

   "How did you obtain the visa?"

7. verb. be valid, applicable, or true

   "This theory still holds"

   Synonyms: hold, prevail

Synonyms

find, get, incur, receive, hold, prevail

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in obtain:

batino, bonita, oatbin

Common word forms

obtains, obtainal, obtained, obtainer, obtaining, obtainable, obtainment

Words from these letters

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