get about
To be mobile, physically activeTo be mobile, physically active.
» I got up at about six.
Ich bin ungefähr um sechs aufgestanden.
Я проснулся где-то в шесть.
Я встал около шести.
Я встала около шести.
Я встав близько шостої години.
Я встав десь о шостій.
Я встала десь о шостій.
Я встав приблизно о шостій годині.
Я встала приблизно о шостій годині.
Meaning
3 senses(informal)To be mobile, physically active.
I can't get about so much since I hurt my hip.
(informal)To become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience.
If this story gets about then I'm finished.
(informal)To visit a variety of different places.
That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.
- move around; move from place to place
Examples
196 sentencesI got up at about six.
Я встав близько шостої години.
ruЯ проснулся где-то в шесть.
deIch bin ungefähr um sechs aufgestanden.
We've only got about three minutes.
У нас лише три хвилини.
I got up at about five.
Я прокинувся біля п'ятої.
ruЯ встал около пяти.
I get emotional talking about it.
Я збудився, говорячи про це.
I always get home at about 6:00.
Я завжди приходжу додому приблизно о шостій.
Forms
gets about, getting about, got about, got about| Base form | get about · to get about |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gets about |
| Present participle | getting about |
| Past simple | got about |
| Past participle | got about / gotten about |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- get upвстати, вставатиTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- get offзупинитися, зупинятисяTo move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- get outвийти, виходитиTo leave or escape.
- get onстаріти, постарітиTo board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
- get inвигнати, виганятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.
- get downзнатиTo bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
- get backповернутися, повертатисяReturn to where one came from.
- get overпокрити, прикритиTo overcome.
More 8
- get awayвтекти, втікатиTo move away (from).
- get intoносити, надітиTo move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- get aroundзламати, ламатиTo move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
- get throughдосягати, діставатиTo overcome; to endure.
- get alongвживатися, справлятисяTo interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
- get toзробити, робитиTo reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
- get byвживатися, справлятисяTo subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
- get withTo become intimate with; to kiss and cuddle with; to have sex with.
Synonyms
2 synonyms- move around; move from place to place:get around
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb