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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" [syn: enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into] [ant: exit, get out, go out, leave]
2: succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!" [syn: arrive, make it, get in, go far]
3: secure a place in a college, university, etc. [syn: get in, get into]
4: of trains; move into (a station); "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" [syn: pull in, get in, move in, draw in] [ant: get out, pull out]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: circa 1533 intransitive verb 1. a. enter b. arrive 2. a. to become friendly b. to become involved 3. to become accepted for membership or chosen for office transitive verb 1. to succeed in doing, making, or delivering 2. to include in one's schedule 3. involve 2a, b

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If a political party or a politician gets in, they are elected. If the Conservatives got in they might decide to change it. PHRASAL VERB: V P 2. If you get something in, you manage to do it at a time when you are very busy doing other things. I plan to get a few lessons in. PHRASAL VERB: V n P 3. To get crops or the harvest in means to gather them from the land and take them to a particular place. We didn't get the harvest in until Christmas, there was so much snow. PHRASAL VERB: V n P 4. When a train, bus, or plane gets in, it arrives. We would have come straight here, except our flight got in too late. PHRASAL VERB: V P

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. (Active.) Put under cover, gather into a storehouse. II. (Neuter.) Come in, pass in, go in.

Moby Thesaurus

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