Obtain
verb
To get something, especially by asking for it, buying it, working for it, or producing it from something else.
You'll need to obtain permission from the principal to leave early.
Often appears as...
- obtain permission
- obtain information
verb
To be prevalent, customary, or in vogue; to hold or have a place or prevalence.
In some parts of the world, certain customs still obtain.
Often appears as...
- still obtain
- customs obtain
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To get something, especially by asking for it, buying it, working for it, or producing it from something else.
You'll need to obtain permission from the principal to leave early.
Often appears as...
- obtain permission
- obtain information
verb
To be prevalent, customary, or in vogue; to hold or have a place or prevalence.
In some parts of the world, certain customs still obtain.
Often appears as...
- still obtain
- customs obtain
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Implied
Using 'obtain' suggests effort went into getting something, more than just receiving it.
She managed to obtain rare stamps for her collection.
Pro Tip 2/3Slight Formality
'Obtain' is slightly formal and may not be common in everyday casual conversations.
To obtain the best results, one must follow the procedures carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Process
'Obtain' often involves an active process like asking or applying, not just finding or seeing.
The journalist went to great lengths to obtain the information.
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Implied
Using 'obtain' suggests effort went into getting something, more than just receiving it.
She managed to obtain rare stamps for her collection.
Pro Tip 2/3Slight Formality
'Obtain' is slightly formal and may not be common in everyday casual conversations.
To obtain the best results, one must follow the procedures carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Process
'Obtain' often involves an active process like asking or applying, not just finding or seeing.
The journalist went to great lengths to obtain the information.
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Implied
Using 'obtain' suggests effort went into getting something, more than just receiving it.
She managed to obtain rare stamps for her collection.
Pro Tip 2/3Slight Formality
'Obtain' is slightly formal and may not be common in everyday casual conversations.
To obtain the best results, one must follow the procedures carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Process
'Obtain' often involves an active process like asking or applying, not just finding or seeing.
The journalist went to great lengths to obtain the information.
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6 ways mushrooms can...
The enzymes remanufactured the hydrocarbons into carbohydrates -- fungal sugars. Some of these mushrooms are very happy mushrooms. They're very large. They're showing how much nutrition that they could've obtained. But something else happened, which was an epiphany in my life. They sporulated, the spores attract insects,
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The myth of Loki and the...
In the morning, the stranger began to dig the foundations at an astonishing speed, and at nightfall he set off towards the mountains to obtain the building stones. But it was only the next morning, when they saw him returning, that the gods began to worry. As agreed, no other people were helping the mason.
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How data can predict the...
invited the country to download a specifically designed phone app after collecting information on things like age occupation and overall health the app tracks people's approximate movements and lets them record the sort of social information that we know is important previous studies have obtained
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Einstein's miracle year...
But skipping classes to spend more time in the lab and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father.
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The paradox of value -...
what you could obtain for them at a later time, but in an emergency, like the desert scenario, what matters far more is their use value, how helpful they are in your current situation. And because we only get to choose one of the options, we also have to consider its opportunity cost,
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A robot that runs and...
It will just jump, in fact. And this very elastic property is also very important. And you also see a bit these properties of these three segments of the leg as pantograph. Now, what's interesting is that this quite dynamic gait is obtained purely in open loop,
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China: Consumerism and...
world's biggest consumers of luxury goods but it seems that even many of those who have obtained at least a degree of material wealth want more meaning in their lives than just the chance to go shopping tens of millions are turning to religious states near the
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Math is the hidden...
If I really, truly understand what the world looks like from your perspective, I am empathetic. That requires imagination. And that is how we obtain understanding. And this is all over mathematics and this is all over computer science,
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How tall can a tree...
even if they live for thousands of years to come. So what exactly is stopping these trees from growing taller, forever? It all comes down to sap. In order for trees to grow, they need to bring sugars obtained from photosynthesis
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Take a Tour of a...
obtain some special features of characters who live here I got used to it too much I think so for me routine and ordinary thing to realize I am bar
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6 ways mushrooms can...
The enzymes remanufactured the hydrocarbons into carbohydrates -- fungal sugars. Some of these mushrooms are very happy mushrooms. They're very large. They're showing how much nutrition that they could've obtained. But something else happened, which was an epiphany in my life. They sporulated, the spores attract insects,
Video examples
The myth of Loki and the...
In the morning, the stranger began to dig the foundations at an astonishing speed, and at nightfall he set off towards the mountains to obtain the building stones. But it was only the next morning, when they saw him returning, that the gods began to worry. As agreed, no other people were helping the mason.
Video examples
How data can predict the...
invited the country to download a specifically designed phone app after collecting information on things like age occupation and overall health the app tracks people's approximate movements and lets them record the sort of social information that we know is important previous studies have obtained
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Einstein's miracle year...
But skipping classes to spend more time in the lab and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father.
Video examples
The paradox of value -...
what you could obtain for them at a later time, but in an emergency, like the desert scenario, what matters far more is their use value, how helpful they are in your current situation. And because we only get to choose one of the options, we also have to consider its opportunity cost,
Video examples
A robot that runs and...
It will just jump, in fact. And this very elastic property is also very important. And you also see a bit these properties of these three segments of the leg as pantograph. Now, what's interesting is that this quite dynamic gait is obtained purely in open loop,
Video examples
China: Consumerism and...
world's biggest consumers of luxury goods but it seems that even many of those who have obtained at least a degree of material wealth want more meaning in their lives than just the chance to go shopping tens of millions are turning to religious states near the
Video examples
Math is the hidden...
If I really, truly understand what the world looks like from your perspective, I am empathetic. That requires imagination. And that is how we obtain understanding. And this is all over mathematics and this is all over computer science,
Video examples
How tall can a tree...
even if they live for thousands of years to come. So what exactly is stopping these trees from growing taller, forever? It all comes down to sap. In order for trees to grow, they need to bring sugars obtained from photosynthesis
Video examples
Take a Tour of a...
obtain some special features of characters who live here I got used to it too much I think so for me routine and ordinary thing to realize I am bar
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Yungblud
English Musician
The broken heart on my right finger represents me before I figured out who I was, and the full heart on my left is because I'm left-handed, I use that to write my music, and my music helped me obtain my direction in life.
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Erik Spoelstra
American Coach
I really find comfort in watching film and obtaining knowledge and I use statistics and computer generated stuff to help me get those stats. That was probably a result of my father's influence on me at a young age.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
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Xavier Becerra
American Politician
Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.
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Gabrielle Giffords
American Politician
Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
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George Bancroft
American Historian
Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
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Cornelius Nepos
Roman Author
Peace is obtained by war.
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Yungblud
English Musician
The broken heart on my right finger represents me before I figured out who I was, and the full heart on my left is because I'm left-handed, I use that to write my music, and my music helped me obtain my direction in life.
Quote examples
Erik Spoelstra
American Coach
I really find comfort in watching film and obtaining knowledge and I use statistics and computer generated stuff to help me get those stats. That was probably a result of my father's influence on me at a young age.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
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Xavier Becerra
American Politician
Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.
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Gabrielle Giffords
American Politician
Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
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George Bancroft
American Historian
Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
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Cornelius Nepos
Roman Author
Peace is obtained by war.
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