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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

get better en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, literally) To improve.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To recover from illness or other incapacitation.
    • [Sir Bedevere]: What makes you think she's a witch? [Peasant]: Well, she turned me into a newt! [Sir Bedevere]: A newt? [Peasant]: ... I got better. 1975 from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (quotes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Wikiquote)
    • I wrote a song about getting better / It's a feeling I can't remember / Arf, arf / Counting worms 2016 September 16, “Counting Worms”, in Laugh Tracks (Hardcore Punk, Metalcore), performed by Knocked Loose:

Forms

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getting better Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gets better Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
got better Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got better Tense=Past lexicographic
gotten better Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic

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