Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To hold; to keep; to possess.
- 2transitive verb
To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.
- 3intransitive 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.
- 4intransitive verb
To prevail; to succeed.
- 5verb
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
"His movie received a good review"
- 6verb
come into possession of
"How did you obtain the visa?"
- 7verb
be valid, applicable, or true
"This theory still holds"
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