OBTAIN

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obtain verb A. tranzitiv

1. a obţine, a căpăta, a dobândi, a primi, a-şi procura, a câştiga, a agonisi;

to obtain information a culege, a strânge informaţii;

to obtain sugar from beet a scoate / a extrage zahăr din sfeclă;

to obtain smth. by labour a câştiga / a agonisi ceva prin muncă;

he obtained the permission to see me a obţinut permisiunea de a mă vedea;

(sport) to obtain the ball a prinde / a lua mingea;

(mil.) he has obtained his captaincy a fost avansat la gradul de căpitan;

to obtain the first place a câştiga/ a obţine primul loc (într-un concurs);

to obtain a victory a câştiga / a dobândi / a repurta o victorie.

2. a obţine, a câştiga, a reuşi să atingă, a atinge (un scop);

to obtain one's object a-şi atinge scopul.

obtain verb B. intranzitiv

a prevala, a avea trecere, a avea curs, a fi folosit, a fi în uz; (despre preţuri) a se menţine; a dura, a fi valabil / în vigoare, a exista; a fi obişnuit / recunoscut, răspândit / la modă, a se aplica;

pronunciation that still obtains pronunţare care este încă folosită / curentă;

system now obtaining sistem / regim în vigoare;

these views no longer obtain aceste concepţii s-au învechit;

this rule obtains regarding această regulă e valabilă / se aplică şi referitor la.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I had not; I soon asked and obtained leave of Mr. Rochester, to go and see her at the school where he had placed her.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

At length I obtained possession of it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Then a wild desire took me to obtain that key at any risk, and I determined then and there to scale the wall again and gain the Count's room.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Soon after her death I obtained it for my own, and hung it in my bed-chamber—where I shall be happy to show it you; it is very like.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

If he is satisfied with only regretting me, when he might have obtained my affections and hand, I shall soon cease to regret him at all.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

“You must obtain the release of young Neligan as soon as possible,” said Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The only difficulty that remained, was to persuade my wife, whose consent however I at last obtained, by the prospect of advantage she proposed to her children.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

It was about the necklace, which she was now most earnestly longing to return, and hoped to obtain his approbation of her doing.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

With all the spirits she could command, she prepared him first for something strange, and then, in a few words, said, that if his consent and approbation could be obtained—which, she trusted, would be attended with no difficulty, since it was a plan to promote the happiness of all—she and Mr. Knightley meant to marry; by which means Hartfield would receive the constant addition of that person's company whom she knew he loved, next to his daughters and Mrs. Weston, best in the world.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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