getting

7 1.0

An act of gaining something, like buying or receiving it

noun
/ˈɡɛtɪŋ/

: obtención

For people like you and Michael, the getting is easy.
getting and spending
getting-started guide

What's your value from getting K price quotes?

Examples

You want to fold up and get out while the getting is good?

The Prankster (2010)
If you were fortunate enough to catch the recent rally, you should get out while the getting is good.

Blog text (9)
Some saw it coming and ran for it while the getting was good.

Blog text (11)
The best career advice that you are not getting is to invest.
The getting is fine, but it's the doing that keeps me coming back each day.

Fiction book (1993)
But our constant getting gets in the way of our giving.

Blog text (26)
Anyone who is trying to "get out while the getting is good" should take heed of what Marc Faber recently told CNBC.

Blog text (26)
The getting of new skills can greatly enhance your career prospects.
He found that the getting of knowledge was more valuable than any degree.
Her favorite part of the project was the getting of feedback from her peers.

Synonyms

acquisition

vsgetting

147 4.6

Getting something to own, often by buying, like a company or a painting

is the simple act of obtaining rather than emphasizing possession

taking

vsgetting

68 1.7

The act of getting or picking up something

is the general act of obtaining, often without the physical emphasis

obtainment

vsgetting

7.6

The act of getting something you need or want

is the general everyday noun for the same act

obtention

vsgetting

9.9

Getting something by doing certain things

is the common noun focusing on the act rather than process

acquiring

vsgetting

3.7

Getting something so it belongs to you

is the general act of obtaining, not only about ownership

Antonyms

to lose

∞ 1.1

Fail to understand or follow what someone says

to give away

233 2.0

Hand something to someone without asking for money

Idioms

getting even

Informal

7 7.4

To try to hurt someone because they hurt you

Compounds

attention-getting

3 4.1

Makes people notice it

How Difficult

to procure

45 6.8

getting

7 1.0

Surface Forms

getting singular

gettings plural

Morphology

getting = get (transparent) = get + ing

The noun is a standard gerund/nominalization of the verb 'get' using '-ing', so the meaning 'the act of obtaining' is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

The word getting comes from the simple verb get, a very old word that long ago meant 'to obtain' or 'to reach'. So, getting is the act of obtaining something.