get to know en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(transitive) To become acquainted with (someone or something); to meet someone.
I'm not into that one-night thing. I think a person should get to know someone and even be in love with them before you use them and degrade them
23 October 1976, Steve Martin, Saturday Night Live:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, know.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| getting to know | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| got to know | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got to know | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gotten to know | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| gets to know | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (38)
pt conhecer (to become acquainted with someone) · es llegar a conocer bien (to become acquainted with someone) · be пазнаёміцца (to become acquainted with someone) · es llegar a conocer (to become acquainted with someone) · grc γνωρίζω (to become acquainted with someone) · ru познакоми́ться (to become acquainted with someone) · eo ekkoni (to become acquainted with someone) · uk знайо́митися (to become acquainted with someone) · el γνωρίζω (to become acquainted with someone) · ro face cunoștință (to become acquainted with someone) · es conocer (to become acquainted with someone) · ar تَعَرَّفَ (to become acquainted with someone) · sv lära känna (to become acquainted with someone) · pl poznać (to become acquainted with someone) · ka გაცნობა (to become acquainted with someone) · pl poznawać (to become acquainted with someone) · hu megismer (to become acquainted with someone) · ta பழகு (to become acquainted with someone) · fi tutustua (to become acquainted with someone) · got 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (to become acquainted with someone) · et tutvuma (to become acquainted with someone) · la cognoscō (to become acquainted with someone) · uk познайо́митися (to become acquainted with someone) · nl leren kennen (to become acquainted with someone) · vi làm quen (to become acquainted with someone) · fr faire la connaissance (to become acquainted with someone) · fr faire connaissance (de) (to become acquainted with someone) · la rescisco (to become acquainted with someone) · be знаёміцца (to become acquainted with someone) · ru знакоми́ться (to become acquainted with someone) · es conocer bien (to become acquainted with someone) · fa آشنا شدن (to become acquainted with someone) · nl kennismaken (to become acquainted with someone) · cmn 結識 /结识 (to become acquainted with someone) · ja 知り合う (to become acquainted with someone) · it fare conoscenza (to become acquainted with someone) · it conoscere (to become acquainted with someone) · de kennenlernen (to become acquainted with someone)