The meaning of OBTAIN is to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort. How to use obtain in a sentence. Did you know?
OBTAIN definition: 1. to get something, especially by asking for it, buying it, working for it, or producing it from…. Learn more.
Definition of obtain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To obtain something means to get it or achieve it. He was trying to obtain a false passport.
obtain 1. 'obtain' If you obtain something that you want or need, you get it. I made another attempt to obtain employment. He had obtained the papers during his visits to Berlin.
Verb obtain (third-person singular simple present obtains, present participle obtaining, simple past and past participle obtained) (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
OBTAIN definition: to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request. See examples of obtain used in a sentence.
acquire:[~ + object] to obtain a driver's license. to be common or customary, esp. so as to be in force or to exist in a particular place or time:[no object; usually: not be + ~ -ing] the morals that obtained in ancient Rome.
obtain: To succeed in gaining possession of as the result of planning or endeavor; acquire.
Obtain means to get something that is not so easy to come by such as knowledge, rights, or a large amount of money. You wouldn't say you obtained a pair of pants, unless they were one of a kind.