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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search
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obtain
verb
(
transitive
): To hold; to keep; to possess.
(
transitive
): To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(
transitive
): To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail.
the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer
.
(
intransitive
): To prevail; to succeed.
(
intransitive
): To exist
Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could ; for the act in question ... was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.
-- Jack London,
The Iron Heel
.
Translations:
French: réussir, avoir succès
Italian: riuscire
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