Getting on


Synonyms for get on
verb mount

ascend
board

climb
embark

scale
enplane

entrain
go up

Antonyms for getting on

dismount
get off

disrobe
disagree

unclothe

Synonyms
verb cope, progress

do
get along
advance

fare
get by
make out

manage
muddle through
prosper

shift
succeed
do well enough

Antonyms

dismount
get off

disrobe
disagree

unclothe

Synonyms
verb be compatible

get along
agree

concur
harmonize

hit it off
be friendly

Antonyms

dismount
get off

disrobe
disagree

unclothe

Synonyms
verb put clothing on

wear
assume

attire
don

draw on
dress

slip into
throw on

Antonyms

dismount
get off

disrobe
disagree

unclothe

Usage Notes

For nearly 400 years, forms of get have been used with a following past participle to form the passive voice: She got engaged when she was 19. He won’t get accepted with those grades. This use of get rather than of forms of to be in the passive is found today chiefly in speech and informal writing. In British English got is the regular past participle of get, and gotten survives only in a few set phrases, such as ill-gotten gains. In American English gotten, although occasionally criticized, is an alternative standard past participle in most senses, especially in the senses “to receive” or “to acquire”: I have gotten (or got) all that I ever hoped for. Have or has got in the sense “must” has been in use since the early 19th century; often the have or has is contracted: You’ve got to carry your passport at all times. The use of have (or has) got in the sense of “to possess” goes back to the 15th century; it is also frequently contracted: She’s got a master’s degree in biology. These uses are occasionally criticized as redundant on the grounds that have alone expresses the meaning adequately, but they are well established and fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing. In some contexts in American English, substituting gotten for got produces a change in meaning: She’s got (possesses) a new job. She’s gotten (has aquired) a new job. He’s got to (must) attend the wedding. He’s gotten to (has been allowed or enabled to) attend. The children have got (are suffering from) the measles. The children have gotten (have caught) the measles. The use of got without have or has to mean “must” (I got to buy a new suit) is characteristic of the most relaxed, informal speech and does not occur in edited writing except in representations of speech. Gotta is a pronunciation spelling representing this use.

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