Best Alternatives
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| pick up | verbv | |||||
verb • take and lift upward • take up by hand • give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift • gather or collect • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally • get in addition, as an increase • take into custody • buy casually or spontaneously • register (perceptual input) • lift out or reflect from a background • meet someone for sexual purposes • fill with high spirits; fill with optimism • improve significantly; go from bad to good • perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily • eat by pecking at, like a bird • gain or regain energy | ||||||
| acquire | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • come into the possession of something concrete or abstract • take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect • come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) • locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar • win something through one's efforts • gain knowledge or skills • gain through experience | ||||||
| gather | verbv | |||||
noun • sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching • the act of gathering something verb • assemble or get together • collect in one place • increase in amount by collecting or gathering • conclude from evidence • draw together into folds or puckers • get people together • draw and bring closer • look for (food) in nature • increase or develop | ||||||
| glean | verbv | |||||
verb • gather, as of natural products | ||||||
| obtain | verbv | |||||
verb • come into possession of • receive a specified treatment (abstract) • be valid, applicable, or true | ||||||
| procure | verbv | |||||
verb • get by special effort • arrange for sexual partners for others | ||||||
| receive | verbv | |||||
verb • get something; come into possession of • receive a specified treatment (abstract) • register (perceptual input) • go through (mental or physical states or experiences) • express willingness to have in one's home or environs • accept as true or valid • bid welcome to; greet upon arrival • convert into sounds or pictures • experience as a reaction • have or give a reception • receive as a retribution or punishment • partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament • regard favorably or with disapproval | ||||||
| secure | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • free from fear or doubt; easy in mind • free from danger or risk • not likely to fail or give way adjective satellite • immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with • financially safe verb • get by special effort • cause to be firmly attached • assure payment of • make certain of • fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug • furnish with battens | ||||||
| discover | verbv | |||||
verb • discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally • make a discovery, make a new finding • find unexpectedly • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret • see for the first time; make a discovery • identify as in botany or biology, for example | ||||||
| hear | verbv | |||||
verb • perceive (sound) via the auditory sense • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally • examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process • receive a communication from someone • listen and pay attention | ||||||
| learn | verbv | |||||
verb • gain knowledge or skills • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally • commit to memory; learn by heart • be a student of a certain subject • impart skills or knowledge to • find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | ||||||
| see | verbv | |||||
noun • the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located verb • perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight • perceive (an idea or situation) mentally • perceive or be contemporaneous with • imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind • deem to be • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally • see or watch • come together • find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort • be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something • go to see for professional or business reasons • go to see for a social visit • go to see a place, as for entertainment • take charge of or deal with • receive as a specified guest • date regularly; have a steady relationship with • see and understand, have a good eye • deliberate or decide • observe as if with an eye • observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect • undergo or live through a difficult experience • conduct someone someplace • match or meet • make sense of; assign a meaning to | ||||||
| find out | verbv | |||||
verb • establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally • find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort • trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act | ||||||
| get a line | verbv | |||||
verb • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | ||||||
| get wind | verbv | |||||
verb • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | ||||||
