OBTAIN  得到得

BEGIN to HAVE.
GETACQUIRECOME BYSECUREPROCURECOME INTO THE POSSESSION OFPICK UPBE GIVENGAINEARNACHIEVEATTAININFORMAL GET HOLD OFGET/LAY ONE'S HANDS ONGET ONE'S MITTS ONLANDNET
Hypernym
  • BEGINENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST.
    • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
See also
  • ARRESTCATCH and in so doing OBEY a COMMAND of a GOVERNMENT, a LAW, OR a SUPERIOR
    • REACHAPPROACH so as to BECOME:come to be IN A CERTAIN PLACE.
      • ACHIEVECOMPLETE a DIFFICULT ACT.
        Hyponym
        • LEARN　OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE, TYPICALLY by STUDY.
          • TAKE　OBTAIN a THING OFTEN by REMOVING it from its PLACE OR OWNER so as to HAVE it ONESELF.
            • ARROGATE　TAKE so as to MONOPOLISE AND in so doing OFFEND against the LAW.
            • CATCH　TAKE something which is TRYING AVOID this, by PURSUING it....
            • CHOOSE　TAKE OR USE THING WHILE BELIEVING that one is ABLE to TAKE OTHER THINGS....
            • CONFISCATE　TAKE something from ANOTHER, ACTING as an OFFICIAL CONFORMING to a LAW.
            • EMBRACE　TAKE so as to HOLD a THING OR ANOTHER PERSON USING BOTH ARMS INTEDing to SAFEGUARD it OR SHOW SYMPATHY. 
            • PICK UP　TAKE FROM a LOW PLACE so as to HOLD.
            • RECEIVE　BEGIN to HAVE something that someone is GIVING it to one.
            • STEAL　TAKE SECRETLY OFFENDING the LAW.
            • BRING　TAKE something so as to MOVE it to the PLACE where the SPEAKER IS-IN.
            • BORROW　RECEIVE SOMETHING FROM SOMEONE PROMISING to GIVE IT BACK.
          • BUY　OBTAIN BY PAYING a PRICE FOR something.
            • INHERIT　OBTAIN something from a PARENT OR ANCESTOR AFTER that PARENT'S OR ANCESTOR'S DEATH.
              • FIND　OBTAIN something OFTEN:typically something DIFFICULT to OBTAIN by SEEKING for it.
                • DISCOVER　FIND as the FIRST HUMAN to FIND.
              Old Chinese Criteria
              1. The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently").

              2. Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject").

              3. Obtaining something that tries to escape or is otherwise hard to get is huò 獲 (ant. wáng 亡 "miss out on, fail to get").

              4. Getting something which one has had before is fǎn 反.

              Modern Chinese Criteria
              取得

              得到

              獲得

              博得

              贏得

              獲致

              獲取

              博取

              弄到

              搞到

              撈到

              收獲

              到手

              奪得

              奪取

              得

              取

              獲

              抱

              博

              rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

              • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.16

              • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.32

              • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 596©

                OBTINERE est rem cupitam consequi; quod si fiat seqvendo, dicitur Assequi; si qvaerendo, Acquirere, si precibus, Exorare; casu et fortuna, Obtingere; qvomodocunqve, Nancisci et adipisci; ad re utendum fruendum, Potiri.

              • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

                OBTAIN

                nancisci is to reach or obtain an object without trouble, sometimes even against one's wish, to light upon.

                adipisci is to reach or obtain something by considerable exertion, as an achievement.

                consequi refers to the getting or reaching something as the object of one's wish, with or without o氟side assistance.

                assequi refers to reaching or getting something as the object of one's endeavours, by means of considerable exertion.

              • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

              • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 83

              Words

              得  dé OC: tɯɯɡ MC: tək 137 AttributionsWD

              The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently").

                Word relations
              • Result: 欲 / 慾/DESIRE The dominant standard word is yù 欲 (ant. fú 弗 "refused to, would not") which refers to any concrete - and typically temporary - intention or desire of any kind, irrespective how strongly motivated it is. 欲戰 "wants to fight".
              • Result: 搜/SEEK Sōu 搜 refers to the conduct of a searching campaign of some size, typically for a person.
              • Result: 求/SEEK The current general word for trying to find or get something is qiú 求.
              • Ant: 亡/LOSE Wà2ng 亡 (ant. yǒu 有 "have") refers to the the disappearance or loss of property, what one has control of or owns, not to the loss of e.g. parts of the body.
              • Ant: 除/AVOID Chú 除 refers to the avoidance or removal of something that is perceived as posing a powerful threat. See REMOVE [CAUSATIVE], [DELIBERATE]; [[DERIVED]]
              • Ant: 喪/LOSE Sàng 喪 (ant. dé 得 "get") is to lose something or someone dear to one or close to one, including objects of "inalienable possession", either momentarily for a time, or permanently.
              • Ant: 失/LOSE The dominant general word for to lose is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get") which refers to any disappearance of something which belonged to one in any sense, but the emphasis tends to be on the loss being the result of a mistake rather than mere insouciance.
              • Object: 天意/PLAN
              • Object: 道/METHOD Dào 道 is a way of being, of functioning, as well as a way of doing things, and this Way may be either exoteric or esoteric.
              • Contrast: 取/OBTAIN Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject").
              • Contrast: 致/ACHIEVE Zhì 致 refers specifically to remarkable successful action, typically on others' behalf. [ALTRUISTIC], [DIFFICULT]; [VERB]
              • Contrast: 被/RECEIVE Bèi 被 refers to being the recipient of benefits or enjoying things passively as benefits.
              • Oppos: 貪/GREEDY The current abstract term for an exaggerated desire for the possession of things of all kinds is tān 貪 (ant. lián 廉 "morally pure and ungreedy").

                Syntactic words
              • nabactconquest of
              • nabobjectgainCH
              • vt(oN)obtain the contextually determinate N
              • vt[oN]obtain things; get; gainDS
              • vtoN obtain; get hold of, find (what one is looking for); manage to find (one's proper place)
              • vtoNmanage to obtain the service ofCH
              • vtoN.-V[0]obtain N in order to V
              • vtoNabfigurativeobtain (abstract things like the Way etc), acquire features
              • vtoNgradedobtain more NLZ
              • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: obtain (mathematical result)
              • vtoNpassivebe obtained> be at hand; be got hold of
              • vtpost-V.adN{OBJ}V-ly obtainable N
              • vttoN1.+N2get N1 from N2LZ
              • vttoN1.+prep+N2get N1 from N2
              • vttoN1.+prep+N2psychfind N1 in (oneself)
              獲  huò OC: ɢʷreeɡ MC: ɦɣɛk 37 AttributionsWD

              Obtaining something that tries to escape or is otherwise hard to get is huò 獲 (ant. wáng 亡 "miss out on, fail to get").

                Syntactic words
              • vt(oN)obtain the contextually determinate thing
              • vt[oN]obtain loot; get things one was aiming to get
              • vtoNobtain through effort, get hold of
              • vtoNabobtain
              • vtoNpassivebe caught
              取  qǔ OC: skhoʔ MC: tshi̯o 36 AttributionsWD

              Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject").

                Word relations
              • Contrast: 得/OBTAIN The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently").
              • Synon: 收/OBTAIN
              • Synon: 致/ACHIEVE Zhì 致 refers specifically to remarkable successful action, typically on others' behalf. [ALTRUISTIC], [DIFFICULT]; [VERB]
              • Oppos: 捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

                Syntactic words
              • nabactobtaining, grasping after (things one would like to have)
              • vt(oN)obtain the contextually determinate object
              • vt[oN]obtain things
              • vtoNobtain (something desirable), gain, win; manage to take over occasionally: get as far as (100 miles)
              • vtoNobtain to have in one's legitimate keeping or to legitimately consume it (XUN)LZ
              • vtoNfigurativeobtain (e.g. gratitude etc)
              • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
              • vtoNnegativelegitimately obtain as an adverse affect of one's behaviour, be legitimately afflicted by (XUN)LZ
              • vttoN1.+prep+N2get N1 from N2
              收  shōu OC: qjiw MC: ɕɨu 10 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Synon: 取/OBTAIN Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject").

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNget back, obtain again what has belonged to one or what what properly should take
              • vtoNderivedrecoverCH
              • vtoNpassivebe obtained back, be got back; be recovered
              據  jù OC: klas MC: ki̯ɤ 4 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNlay hold of
              反  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 3 AttributionsWD

              Getting something which one has had before is fǎn 反.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNget back, recover
              • vtoNpassivebe got back, be obtained again 可反
              致  zhì OC: k-liɡs MC: ʈi 3 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Result: 求/SEEK The current general word for trying to find or get something is qiú 求.
              • Contrast: 獲/OBTAIN Obtaining something that tries to escape or is otherwise hard to get is huò 獲 (ant. wáng 亡 "miss out on, fail to get").

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNfigurativereach or obtain
              • vtoNpassivebe achieved or obtainedCH
              獲得  huò dé OC: ɢʷreeɡ tɯɯɡ MC: ɦɣɛk tək 3 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt(oN)resultativeget hold of
              • VPtoNobtain
              逮得  dài dé OC: ɡ-lɯɯds tɯɯɡ MC: dəi tək 3 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNresultativeobtain
              有  yǒu OC: ɢʷɯʔ MC: ɦɨu 3 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNdeserve to obtainCH
              • vtoNinchoativeobtain (a good harvest etc)
              受  shòu OC: djuʔ MC: dʑɨu 3 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNobtain (fame etc) get (something desirable that is given to one)
              所得  suǒ dé OC: sqraʔ tɯɯɡ MC: ʂi̯ɤ tək 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPadNobtained
              入  rù MC: nyip OC: njubCH 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNobtain to as to enter into one's holdingsCH
              云  yún OC: ɢun MC: ɦi̯un 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNpassiveget
              徵  zhēng OC: tɯŋ MC: ʈɨŋ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNobtain
              追  zhuī OC: krlul MC: ʈi 1 AttributionWD

              Zhuī 追 refers to the attempt to obtain something.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNfigurativefind
              反收  fǎn shōu OC: panʔ qjiw MC: pi̯ɐn ɕɨu 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNget back, establish again
              擠取  jǐ qǔ OC: tsiils skhoʔ MC: tsei tshi̯o 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNresultativeobtain by squeezing
              求得  qiú dé OC: ɡu tɯɯɡ MC: gɨu tək 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt(oN)resultativelook for successfully
              還得  huán dé OC: ɡʷraan tɯɯɡ MC: ɦɣan tək 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNregain, get back
              據有  jù yǒu MC: kjoH hjuwX OC: klas ɢʷɯʔCH 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNresultativelay hold of and keep control ofCH
              贏  yíng MC: yeng OC: leŋCH 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNobtainCH

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