Meaning

10 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.

  2. (transitive)To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.

    Hurry up and get in the car!

    He tried to go after the ball but couldn't get in the game.

    to come or go into

  3. (intransitive)To enter a place; to gain access.

    If you want to get in, you'll need the gate code and a key.

    Teens walk the redlight district but can never get in.

    einsteigen, hineinkommen

    входитьvxoditʹ, войтиvojti

  4. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive)To secure membership at a selective school.

    All of our students who applied to university got in.

  5. (idiomatic, intransitive)To be elected to some office.

    Do the early results say our candidate will get in?

  6. (transitive)To fit (words) into a conversation etc.

  7. To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change; to draw in.

    Winter's on the way, and the nights are getting in.

  8. (intransitive)To arrive.

    What time does your flight get in?

    It was gone 9 o'clock by the time I got in from work last night.

  9. Synonym of drive out (To take up less space because the typesetter uses type that is thinner than the copy or the typesetter whites out more or squeezes in more lines on each page.)

  10. (obsolete)To produce fewer copies than anticipated.

Examples

3447 sentences
  1. She got in at 9 p.m.

    Вона прийшла о дев'ятій вечора. — aandrusiak

  2. I got lost in the forest.

    Я заблукав у лісі. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ заблудился в лесу. — Hellerick

    deIch habe mich im Wald verlaufen. — MUIRIEL

  3. We got lost in the snow.

    Ми заблукали в снігу. — deniko

    ruМы заблудились в снегу. — Svetislava

  4. He got lost in the city.

    Він заблукав у місті. — deniko

    ruОн заблудился в городе. — odexed

    deEr verlief sich in der Stadt. — xtofu80

  5. I've got something in my eye.

    Щось потрапило мені в око. — yhelena

    ruМне что-то в глаз попало. — marafon

    deIch habe etwas im Auge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to enter:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to board:
to enter:

Forms

gets in, getting in, got in, got in
Base formget in · to get in
3rd person singulargets in
Present participlegetting in
Past simplegot in
Past participlegot in / gotten in

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget in
he, she, itgets in

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got in
he, she, ithas got in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get in

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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