Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to obtain
Participle: obtained
Gerund: obtaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | obtain |
| you | obtain |
| he;she;it | obtains |
| we | obtain |
| you | obtain |
| they | obtain |
Perfect
| I | have obtained |
| you | have obtained |
| he;she;it | has obtained |
| we | have obtained |
| you | have obtained |
| they | have obtained |
Past
| I | obtained |
| you | obtained |
| he;she;it | obtained |
| we | obtained |
| you | obtained |
| they | obtained |
Pluperfect
| I | had obtained |
| you | had obtained |
| he;she;it | had obtained |
| we | had obtained |
| you | had obtained |
| they | had obtained |
Future
| I | will obtain |
| you | will obtain |
| he;she;it | will obtain |
| we | will obtain |
| you | will obtain |
| they | will obtain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have obtained |
| you | will have obtained |
| he;she;it | will have obtained |
| we | will have obtained |
| you | will have obtained |
| they | will have obtained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | obtain |
| you | obtain |
| he;she;it | obtain |
| we | obtain |
| you | obtain |
| they | obtain |
Perfect
| I | have obtained |
| you | have obtained |
| he;she;it | have obtained |
| we | have obtained |
| you | have obtained |
| they | have obtained |
Imperfect
| I | obtained |
| you | obtained |
| he;she;it | obtained |
| we | obtained |
| you | obtained |
| they | obtained |
Pluperfect
| I | had obtained |
| you | had obtained |
| he;she;it | had obtained |
| we | had obtained |
| you | had obtained |
| they | had obtained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would obtain |
| you | would obtain |
| he;she;it | would obtain |
| we | would obtain |
| you | would obtain |
| they | would obtain |
Perfect
| I | would have obtained |
| you | would have obtained |
| he;she;it | would have obtained |
| we | would have obtained |
| you | would have obtained |
| they | would have obtained |
Imperative
| you | obtain |
| we | Let's obtain |
| you | obtain |
Verbs conjugated like 'obtain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'obtain'
abstain,
attain,
bobtail,
brain,
contain,
costain,
detain,
lobtail,
ordain,
outdin,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to gain possession of something
- accept, acquire, attain, cop, enlist, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, procure, receive, score, secure, snag, take, win
- earn
- achieve, acquire, attain, gain, get, procure, secure, win
- take
- occupy, reach, invade, capture, recover, grab, accomplish
- bring
- prevail, abound
- recover
- glean, reap, retrieve, collect, gather, earn, purchase
- seize
- beg, borrow, steal
Antonyms
- earn
- spend, lose, squander, waste
- take
- reject, repel, miss, surrender
- bring
- remove, subtract, withdraw, abstract
- recover
- relapse, degenerate, deteriorate, impair
- seize
- release, free, liberate, loose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1425, from M.Fr.
obtenir (14c.), from L.
obtinere "hold, take hold of, acquire," from
ob "to" (though perhaps intensive in this case) +
tenere "to hold" (see tenet).
2. From Middle English obteinen, from Anglo-Norman obtenir, optiner et al., and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtinēre (“to gain, achieve, succeed, possess”), from ob- + tenēre (“to hold”). See: Anglo-Norman '
obtenir'.
Sample Sentences
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‘She has no chance of obtaining it, I suppose ? ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] your pardon),—who had gone through a regular apprenticeship in hardness and brutality and taken his degree to be admitted to practice. My mother never could endure him, nor I; but he obtained an entire ascendency over my father; and this man was the absolute despot of the estate.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] her pet, Marie seemed unusually ingenious in keeping her busy anywhere and everywhere all over the house, or about her own person; so that stolen interviews and momentary glimpses were all she could obtain.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Two days after, the lawyer of the Christian firm of B. & Co., New York, send on their money to them. On the reverse of that draft, so obtained, let them write these words of the great Paymaster, to whom they shall make up their account in a future day: _“When he maketh inquisition for blood, he forgetteth not the cry of the humble ! ” _
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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George remained four years at a French university, and, applying himself with an unintermitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)