Meaning of "get down" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF GET DOWN

get down

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GET DOWN

Get down 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 down in English.

WHAT DOES GET DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Get down

Get down is a stance, posture or movement in many traditional African cultures and throughout the African diaspora. It involves bending at the waist and knees, bringing the body low to the ground in moments of ecstasy or intensity. Bending at the knees and waist is an expression of profound spirituality and connectedness to the earth. It also indicates suppleness and conveys qualities and values of vitality, youthfulness and energy. In Gahu choreography, often dancers move counterclockwise in a circle of alternating men and women; their performance includes "long passages of a lightly bouncy basic 'step' leavened with brief 'get down' sections in which the dancers lower their center of weight and move with intensified strength and quickness." The term "get down" in popular music and slang is directly related to this particular element of the African aesthetic, filtered through the African-American experience. Use of the term by white Americans since the middle-20th century, though, is credited to the influence of a white disc jockey, Bill "Hoss" Allen, who used it on his nightly soul music shows on Nashville, Tennessee station WLAC.

Definition of get down in the English dictionary

The first definition of get down in the dictionary is to dismount or descend. Other definition of get down is to bring down. Get down is also to write down.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GET DOWN

PRESENT

Present

I get down

you get down

he/she/it gets down

we get down

you get down

they get down

Present continuous

I am getting down

you are getting down

he/she/it is getting down

we are getting down

you are getting down

they are getting down

Present perfect

I have got down

you have got down

he/she/it has got down

we have got down

you have got down

they have got down

Present perfect continuous

I have been getting down

you have been getting down

he/she/it has been getting down

we have been getting down

you have been getting down

they have been getting down

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 down

you got down

he/she/it got down

we got down

you got down

they got down

Past continuous

I was getting down

you were getting down

he/she/it was getting down

we were getting down

you were getting down

they were getting down

Past perfect

I had got down

you had got down

he/she/it had got down

we had got down

you had got down

they had got down

Past perfect continuous

I had been getting down

you had been getting down

he/she/it had been getting down

we had been getting down

you had been getting down

they had been getting down

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will get down

you will get down

he/she/it will get down

we will get down

you will get down

they will get down

Future continuous

I will be getting down

you will be getting down

he/she/it will be getting down

we will be getting down

you will be getting down

they will be getting down

Future perfect

I will have got down

you will have got down

he/she/it will have got down

we will have got down

you will have got down

they will have got down

Future perfect continuous

I will have been getting down

you will have been getting down

he/she/it will have been getting down

we will have been getting down

you will have been getting down

they will have been getting down

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would get down

you would get down

he/she/it would get down

we would get down

you would get down

they would get down

Conditional continuous

I would be getting down

you would be getting down

he/she/it would be getting down

we would be getting down

you would be getting down

they would be getting down

Conditional perfect

I would have get down

you would have get down

he/she/it would have get down

we would have get down

you would have get down

they would have get down

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been getting down

you would have been getting down

he/she/it would have been getting down

we would have been getting down

you would have been getting down

they would have been getting down

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you get down
we let´s get down
you get down

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to get down

Past participle

got down

Present Participle

getting down

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.

SYNONYMS OF «GET DOWN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «get down» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of get down

alight · climb down · descend · disembark · dismount · get off · step down

TRANSLATION OF GET DOWN

Find out the translation of get down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of get down 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 down» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 趴下
• Translator English - Spanish: bajar
• English: get down
• Translator English - Hindi: नीचे उतरो
• Translator English - Arabic: ننكب
• Translator English - Russian: Спускаемся
• Translator English - Portuguese: descer
• Translator English - Bengali: নীচে নামা
• Translator English - French: descendre
• Translator English - Malay: turun
• Translator English - German: herunterkommen
• Translator English - Japanese: 降りる
• Translator English - Korean: 내려
• Translator English - Javanese: Njaluk mudhun
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lấy xuống
• Translator English - Tamil: இறங்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: खाली उतर
• Translator English - Turkish: Eğil
• Translator English - Italian: scendere
• Translator English - Polish: dostać się
• Translator English - Ukrainian: спускаємося
• Translator English - Romanian: te jos
• Translator English - Greek: πιάσουμε
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kry af
• Translator English - Swedish: komma ner
• Translator English - Norwegian: få ned

10 QUOTES WITH «GET DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word get down.

1

Bruce Babbitt

I'm going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for generations to come. Now, let's get down to work and walk the land and talk about the conflicts and get everybody involved.

2

Mark Boal

I mean, journalism is very detailed... you try to get down in the weeds and sort out exactly what happened. And I don't think that a feature film is really a place where that happens.

3

James Brolin

One of the things I love about directing is I love actors, because no matter how complex they are, once you get down to working and talking to them and the toughest guy will want you to open them up and he wants to show you stuff he was afraid to show anybody before.

4

Rob Brown

I know I'm not going to book everything I go in on, and that's just the nature of the business. You have to keep hustling and not get down on it. You have to keep at it and find your way in. Everybody's story is different.

5

Paul Bryant

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

6

Pearl S. Buck

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

7

Young Buck

I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.

8

Maria Callas

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

9

David Carradine

Because you know how you say I've got to really get down and really do some training and then of course, you never do or you do it for a couple of weeks and slough it back off again but I'm being forced to do something that I really want to do and I loved it.

10

John Coltrane

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET DOWN»

Discover the use of get down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to get down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Get Down: Stories

The adults in Get Down are just trying to hold it together. Here is a debut that will make you laugh and cringe in equal measure.

Asali Solomon, 2008

Get Down Or Lay Down

In every city of every state you will find an urban ghetto full of drugs and guns, both of which breed hate and pain; in the eyes of many this is a cocktail of death and destruction, but for those who reside there it's home.

Derrick Johnson, 2007

Get Down to Business & You'll Get the Job!

The best book on the market to help you successfully execute a job search and land the job you really want. Bishop breaks down the search process into simple, manageable steps.

Kimberly Bishop, 2013

Changing Faces: The Life and Mind of the "Get Down and ...

"I came into this world Sean John Marshall.

Sean J Marshall, 2012

Cartoon Network Block Party: Get Down! -

Presents a collection of short stories featuring characters from different Cartoon Network shows, including Dexter's Laboratory, Codename: K.I.D.S. Next Door, and Johnny Bravo.

Robbie Busch, 2005

Get Down!: Dog Cartoons

Presents a hilarious new collection of politically incorrect, wicked canine cartoons from the author of Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot. Original.

John Callahan, 2002

Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee

How will they get down? Who will come to their rescue? And when will they ever get to eat lunch? Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee is a great read-aloud, sure to provide fits of giggles.

Chris Van Dusen, 2011

The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book

Infinitive present tense -ing form past tense past participle get down get down & gets down getting down got down gotten/got down 1 . get down (to) p.v. When you move to a lower level or place or from north to south, you get down or get down ...

Carl W. Hart, 1999

Street Talk: Da Official Guide to Hip-Hop & Urban Slanguage

[to] get down [a certain kind of way] v. (e. coast sl.) old & new school 1. to do things in one's unique style of doing things when referring to his/her actions or behavior. (var. [the way someone] gets down) ex: "Dig shortie, you know how I get ...

Randy Kearse, 2013

The African American Urban Experience: Perspectives from the ...

Ibid. “History of Operation Get-Down,” p. 9. Ibid. Lloyd Gite, “Feeding the Masses,” Black Enterprise, March 1987, p. 16. Ibid, p. 16. “History of Operation Get-Down,” p. 9. Ibid. Ibid. Gite, p. 16. Ibid.; “History of Operation Get-Down,” p. 4. Gite, p.

Joe Trotter, Earl Lewis, Tera Hunter, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GET DOWN»

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Fisher Cats get down early, fall hard

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Get down with Funk of Titans on PC!

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Watching this Drunk Guy Trying to Get Down from His Pickup Bed Is …

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Get down and dirty for the Cancer Society

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Fancy a bop? Get down to Montreux Jazz

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Get Down To Kalenna's New Autobiographical Song "Borderline"

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Get Down With Behind City Lights

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Andrew Trimble raring to get down to action following injury lay-off

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