"getting" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɛtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-getting.ogg [US] Forms: gettings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} getting (countable and uncountable, plural gettings)
  1. The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of obtaining or acquiring): saaminen (Finnish), hankkiminen (Finnish), obtention (French), Erlangen [neuter] (German), Erwerb [masculine] (German), ottenimento (Italian), отри́мання (otrýmannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), здобуття́ (zdobuttjá) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-getting-en-noun-dxNJMtfT Disambiguation of 'act of obtaining or acquiring': 96 4
  2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-getting-en-noun-OKqOnd37

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɛtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-getting.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} getting
  1. present participle and gerund of get Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: get
    Sense id: en-getting-en-verb-OGKNUkTH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 21 55

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