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I like writing, and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my creative habit. It varies, but I do know that I need to continue. It helps me with my acting, and the writing helps me be invested in a different way.
Gbenga Akinnagbe

Meaning of "get around" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GET AROUND

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GET AROUND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Get around is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb get around in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GET AROUND

PRESENT

Present
I get around
you get around
he/she/it gets around
we get around
you get around
they get around
Present continuous
I am getting around
you are getting around
he/she/it is getting around
we are getting around
you are getting around
they are getting around
Present perfect
I have got around
you have got around
he/she/it has got around
we have got around
you have got around
they have got around
Present perfect continuous
I have been getting around
you have been getting around
he/she/it has been getting around
we have been getting around
you have been getting around
they have been getting around
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I got around
you got around
he/she/it got around
we got around
you got around
they got around
Past continuous
I was getting around
you were getting around
he/she/it was getting around
we were getting around
you were getting around
they were getting around
Past perfect
I had got around
you had got around
he/she/it had got around
we had got around
you had got around
they had got around
Past perfect continuous
I had been getting around
you had been getting around
he/she/it had been getting around
we had been getting around
you had been getting around
they had been getting around
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will get around
you will get around
he/she/it will get around
we will get around
you will get around
they will get around
Future continuous
I will be getting around
you will be getting around
he/she/it will be getting around
we will be getting around
you will be getting around
they will be getting around
Future perfect
I will have got around
you will have got around
he/she/it will have got around
we will have got around
you will have got around
they will have got around
Future perfect continuous
I will have been getting around
you will have been getting around
he/she/it will have been getting around
we will have been getting around
you will have been getting around
they will have been getting around
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would get around
you would get around
he/she/it would get around
we would get around
you would get around
they would get around
Conditional continuous
I would be getting around
you would be getting around
he/she/it would be getting around
we would be getting around
you would be getting around
they would be getting around
Conditional perfect
I would have get around
you would have get around
he/she/it would have get around
we would have get around
you would have get around
they would have get around
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been getting around
you would have been getting around
he/she/it would have been getting around
we would have been getting around
you would have been getting around
they would have been getting around
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you get around
we let´s get around
you get around
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to get around
Past participle
got around
Present Participle
getting around
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GET AROUND

get a bang out of
get a guernsey
get a line on
get a load of
get a move on
get a rise out of
get a wiggle on
get a word in edgeways
get about
get across
get ahead
get along
get any good of
get anywhere
get at
get away
get away with
get away with murder
get back
get by

WORDS THAT END LIKE GET AROUND

all-around
all-round
around
background
bound
break new ground
campground
fall to the ground
foreground
get off the ground
ground
into the ground
playground
round
surround
the high ground
the underground
to the ground
turnaround
underground
year-round

Synonyms and antonyms of get around in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «get around» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GET AROUND

Find out the translation of get around to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of get around from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «get around» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

避开
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

moverse
570 millions of speakers

English

get around
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आसपास पाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التفاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обойти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dar a volta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাছাকাছি পেতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contourner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

keliling
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

herumkommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

動き回る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주위를
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njaluk sekitar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có được xung quanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றி வா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुमारे मिळवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dola
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

andare in giro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obejść
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обійти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obține în jurul valorii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάρετε γύρω από
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kry om
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

komma runt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

komme seg rundt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of get around

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GET AROUND»

The term «get around» is very widely used and occupies the 21.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GET AROUND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about get around

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10 QUOTES WITH «GET AROUND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word get around.
1
Ferran Adria
I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
2
Gbenga Akinnagbe
I like writing, and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my creative habit. It varies, but I do know that I need to continue. It helps me with my acting, and the writing helps me be invested in a different way.
3
Aristophanes
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.
4
Ben Bass
There's a lot of writing in television that can sound like it's taken out of a package, and the way to get around that is to not allow yourself to deliver it that way.
5
Mary J. Blige
You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.
6
T Bone Burnett
Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.
7
Tim Cahill
The hard wind we get around here on the eastern slopes of the Rockies is called a Chinook. It's a katabatic wind and comes from mountains to the west of us and the mountains to the south.
8
Dick Cavett
Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.
9
Henry Cloud
We know from research that growth is actually contagious, so if you want to reach your goals, you've got to get around people that are going in the same direction you want to be going, and you will catch the success.
10
Ronnie Dunn
I get around OK with a toolbox. As a kid, I picked up skills following my dad through the oil fields of Oklahoma and West Texas. My wife Janine is hard to impress, but she does think it's cool when I fix things around the house.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET AROUND»

Discover the use of get around in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to get around and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Get around in the city
An introduction to some of the different ways people get around in cities, from walking and biking to ferry boats and skates.
Lee Sullivan Hill, 1999
2
How We Get Around
Rebecca Rissman. Literacy consultant Nancy E. Harris has her |\/lasters of Education in Reading. She works with children through classroom demonstrations and coaching. Acorn books engage early readers in content area learning.
Rebecca Rissman, 2010
3
From Bird Poop to Wind: How Seeds Get Around
From high-impact images to high-interest facts, this book makes learning about plants, their seeds, and life cycles a lively and engaging experience. From Bird Poop to Wind: How Seeds Get Around is part of Bearport's Plant-ology series.
Ellen Lawrence, 2012
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Transportation-The Way We Get Around Reader's Theater Script ...
The. Way. We. Get. Around. BY LISA ZAMOSKY A reader's theater with five parts Reader 1: There are so many different ways to travel around the world. Reader 5: Some people travel in the air. Some people travel through the water or on the ...
Lisa Zamosky, 2014
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Academic Vocabulary Level 1--How We Get Around
Procedure. 1. Show.students.the.pictures.that.you.have. gathered.that.show. various.methods.of. transportation.throughout.history...Have.students. name. different.transportation.methods.and.make. a.list.on.a.sheet.of.chart.paper.
Christine Dugan, 2014
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Get Around Photos: Foreign Travel Communication Aid
Foreign Travel Communication Aid CP McKell. Ν1οιι·Ι:Η ΑΜετιιι::Β Π! - _ -π ει” : μ.. ΤΗ»' τ ΗΕ Η ~ ώ ΒΗνΒΡ'γ ¦·""5 ιε·.ΕΞε γ υεεω·π = Η5 Η.=ο5 ΑιπΠ-εὰἱεε', απ] = ΜΒ ίΕει!ἱΐΐοι·πἰῖεη Ϊ ΗΕΜΞ]θΠ πι: ζΜἰονἰε 5τω ι:Νοε Ξ ΜΒ [Βα3Ή·ΒΓΜ' ...
CP McKell, 2013
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東京サブウェイガイド: Everything You Need to Know to Get Around the ...
Also included are useful words and phrases, a guide to signs, and where to go for help. Concise and thoroughly up to date, this is the one book readers will want for getting around.
IBCパブリッシング, 2007
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Faulkner and the Natural World
A body does get around," exclaims Lena Grove at both the beginning and the end of Faulkner's Light in August (1932).1 Initially, her statement seems rather insignificant and simple- minded, but her declaration is profound. At a moment when ...
Donald M. Kartiganer, Ann J. Abadie, 1999
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To Elinor: A Romance in Two Voices
What that means, I while and “get around” too. What that means, I can only guess. If you do decide to take off and can only guess. If you do decide to take off and “ get around” be sure to let me know.I'd kinda “get around” be sure to let me know.
Jane Beaton Bartow, 2013
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Seychelles
Buses provide an interesting and very cheap way to get around Mahe and, to a lesser extent, Praslin. They run regularly during the day with the last service at around 19.00. Over weekends and public holidays the service is reduced. The fare ...
Lyn Mair, Lynnath Beckley, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GET AROUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term get around is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeremy Clarkson's lawyers confident he can get around BBC ban on …
However, Clarkson is reportedly trying to get around the contractual ban by making a new show in America – and then selling the programme ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Supporters get around grieving Crows
“It has been great watching the whole AFL community get around Walshy and ( his wife) Meredith and (daughter) Quinn,” Sloane said. «The West Australian, Jul 15»
3
Tough to Get Around
Sheboygan, WI (WHBL) - Road construction projects are picking up in Sheboygan proper, and some of the worksites can be quite confusing to ... «WHBL Sheboygan, Jul 15»
4
Report: Nissan may actually get around to making a NISMO Maxima
The new 2016 Nissan Maxima is out and it's making quite the impression, moving ever so slightly closer to actually fulfilling its premise as a ... «eGMCarTech, Jul 15»
5
I-74 Bridge construction: How to get around it
It's just the beginning of the construction you'll see around the I-74 Bridge with changes to ramps getting on the interstate. There are lot of ... «WQAD.com, Jul 15»
6
The Lidl people get around
It was interesting to read in Checkout magazine that one of Dunnes Stores's main rivals, Lidl, has appointed John Paul Scally as the new head ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
7
Uber vs taxi: The best way to get around during Pan Am
If you plan to use an Uber to get around Toronto during the Pan Am Games, you may have to pay more than anticipated. In fact, the ride-share ... «MoneySense, Jul 15»
8
Tube strike today: how to get around London
Commuters in the capital are facing the "worst Tube strike in more than a decade" today as tens of thousands of London Underground workers ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»
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Program to expand to help senior, disabled adults get around
Pleasant Valley Senior Center recreation supervisor Jane Raab said the Camarillo transit service gives seniors who no longer drive the ... «Camarillo Acorn, Jul 15»
10
Give Yourself More Time to Get Around LAX
The main conduit into and out of LAX—Century Boulevard—is a little preoccupied right now. Construction workers are busy installing framing ... «LA Magazine, Jul 15»

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