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Definition of "getting" []

  • Present participle of get. (verb)
  • Act of obtaining (noun)

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Use "getting" in a sentence
  • "Some of the scenarios in The Faithful Spy like they could really happen, so I find myself getting sucked in..getting nervous as events unfold, and also thinking how easy it would be for something similar to happen in real life."
  • "It is remarkable that there is little or nothing to be remembered written on the subject of getting a living: how to make getting a living not merely honest and honorable, but altogether inviting and glorious; for if _getting_ a living is not so, then living is not."
  • "There'll be no trouble getting _to_ Eden, no trouble _getting_ there."