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obtain

/əbˈteɪn/

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An illustration for obtain

verb

To be given or to earn something through efforts

  • “I have not been able to obtain my license yet.”Tatoeba
  • “I still have not been able to obtain my license.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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