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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to get, attain, or acquire something;

e.g. You need to obtain a copy of the original letter.

(verb)

to be prevalent, or generally recognized;

e.g. Gender inequality obtains in all industries, even in this day and age!

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Similar Words

Acquire

Attain

Bag

Capture

Carry

Draw

Earn

Gain

Garner

Get

Knockdown

Make

Procure

Realize

Reap

Reattain

Repurchase

Secure

Win

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Opposite Words

Accord

Consign

Dispatch

Forfeit

Give

Grant

Lose

Pay

Relinquish

Resend

Send

Ship

Shoot

Surrender

Transfer

Transmit

Transport

Yield

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Related Words

Accomplish

Accumulate

Achieve

Acquire

Afford

Amass

Annex

Attain

Bag

Buy

Buyer

Catch

Chalk

Clear

Cop

Cultivate

Develop

Educe

Elicit

Evoke

Form

Gain

Go

Hit

Inspire

Log

Make

Net

Occupy

Pickup

Purchase

Raise

Reacquire

Reattain

Recapture

Regain

Remake

Score

Scrounge

Squeeze

Swing

Take

Win

Wrest

Wring

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