Difference between Get and May

GET vs MAY: NOUN

The queen or lady of May, in old May games.
Any May-day sport.
Any species of Ephemera, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
A plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.
The morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed.
The first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
Any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied genera. Called also June beetle.
The fruit of an American plant (Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself (popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
A shrubby species of Spiræa (Spiræa hypericifolia) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches.
The merrymaking of May Day.
The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
A maiden.
In Cambridge University, England, the Easter-term examination.
The festivities or games of May-day.
Some other plant, especially species of Spiræa: as, Italian may.
[lowercase] The hawthorn: so called because it blooms in May. Also May-bush.
Figuratively, the early part or springtime of life.
The fifth month of the year, consisting of thirty-one days, reckoned on the continent of Europe and in America as the last month of spring, but in Great Britain commonly as the first of summer.
A person.
A kinsman.
A maiden; a virgin.
A hawthorn or its blossoms.
Thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
The month following April and preceding June

GET vs MAY: VERB

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Be a mystery or bewildering to
Of mental or physical states or experiences
Attract and fix
Enter or assume a certain state or condition
Take vengeance on or get even
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
Apprehend and reproduce accurately
In baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Go or come after and bring or take back
Give certain properties to something
Move into a desired direction of discourse
Make children
Grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of
Receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Achieve a point or goal
Perceive by hearing
Suffer from the receipt of
Reach and board
Irritate
Evoke an emotional response
Overcome or destroy
Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
Reach by calculation
Acquire as a result of some effort or action
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Purchase
Receive as a retribution or punishment

Are used as equivalent to possibly, perhaps, maybe, by chance, peradventure. See 1st Maybe.
Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like.
Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark.
Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
Liberty; permission; allowance.
Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.

GET vs MAY: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To become or grow to be.
To have as an obligation. Used in the past tense with the meaning of the present.
To have current possession of. Used in the present perfect form with the meaning of the present.
To begin or start. Used with the present participle.
To put out or strike out.
To hit or strike.
To take revenge on, especially to kill in revenge for a wrong.
To present a difficult problem to; puzzle.
To annoy or irritate.
To evoke an emotional response or reaction in.
To overcome or destroy.
To take, especially by force; seize.
To cause to undertake or perform; prevail on.
To cause to move or leave.
To cause to come or go.
To make ready; prepare.
To cause to become or be in a specified state or condition.
To procreate; beget.
To find or reach by calculating.
To learn (a poem, for example) by heart; memorize.
To gain or have understanding of.
To perceive or become aware of by one of the senses.
To sustain a specified injury to.
To receive as retribution or punishment.
To be subjected to; undergo.
To become affected with (an illness, for example) by infection or exposure; catch.
To succeed in communicating with, as by telephone.
To reach and board; catch.
To arrive at; reach.
To obtain by concession or request.
To accomplish or attain as a result of military action.
To earn.
To acquire as a result of action or effort.
To purchase; buy.
To go after and bring.
To go after and obtain.
To meet with or incur.
To come into possession or use of; receive.

GET vs MAY: OTHER WORD TYPES

Leave immediately
Communicate with a place or person
Cause to act in a specified manner
Cause to do
Arrive by movement or progress
Reach a destination
Cause to move
Make (offspring) by reproduction
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

In clauses expressing a purpose.
In concessive clauses.
In conditional clauses. [Rare, except in clauses where permission is distinctly expressed.]
In law, may in a statute is usually interpreted to mean must, when used not to confer a favor, but to impose a duty in the exercise of which the statute shows that the public or private persons are to be regarded as having an interest.
To indicate desire, as in prayer, aspiration, imprecation, benediction, and the like. In this sense might is often used for a wish contrary to what can or must be: as, O that I might recall him from the grave !
In this sense may is scarcely used now in negative clauses, as permission refused amounts to an absolute prohibition, and accordingly removes all doubt or contingency.
To indicate opportunity, moral power, or the absolute power residing in another agent.
The preterit might is similarly used, with some slight addition of contempt.
Sometimes may is used merely to avoid a certain bluntness in putting a question, or to suggest doubt as to whether the person to whom the question is addressed will be able to answer it definitely.
In this sense, when a negative clause was followed by a contingent clause with if, may in the latter clause was formerly used elliptically, if I may meaning ‘if I can control it’ or ‘prevent it.’
To indicate possibility with contingency.
A. As an independent verb, or as a quasi-auxiliary: To have power; have ability; be able; can.
To celebrate May-day; take part in the festivities of Mayday: chiefly or only in the verbal noun maying and the derivative mayer: as, to go a maying.
(auxiliary verb) To be obliged, as where rules of construction or legal doctrine call for a specified interpretation of a word used in a law or legal document.
(auxiliary verb) Used to express contingency, purpose, or result in clauses introduced by that or so that.
(auxiliary verb) Used to express a desire or fervent wish.
(auxiliary verb) Used to indicate a certain measure of likelihood or possibility.
(auxiliary verb) To be allowed or permitted to.

GET vs MAY: RELATED WORDS

Draw, Produce, Arrive, Let, Generate, Catch, Have, Take, Obtain, Make, Receive, Find, Bring, Come, Go

Often, Able, Sometimes, Potentially, Perhaps, Probably, Necessarily, Possibly, Likely, English hawthorn, Crataegus oxycantha, Crataegus laevigata, Whitethorn, Get, Can

GET vs MAY: DESCRIBE WORDS

Can, Fix, Draw, Arrive, Let, Generate, Catch, Have, Take, Obtain, Make, Receive, Find, Bring, Come

Potential, Such, Let, Please, Maybe, Often, Able, Sometimes, Perhaps, Probably, Necessarily, Possibly, Likely, Get, Can

GET vs MAY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

Angel and EZ get to their bikes, that Angel fires warning shots from his gun and they get away.
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But I would still get him to fill out an application to get his SSN and background info.
If you get up early, you are more productive and can get a lot of things done.
Maybe we can get Dayton and Franken to head legislation to get this done.
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What documentation do you need so I can get an emission test to get my Arizona license plates?
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In general, if any information may lead to patient harm, a provider may deny the request.
The condition of facilities may be uncertain, and operational support may beunstable for an undetermined period.
Products may go out of stock and delivery estimates may change at any time.
Members may apply at any time during their careers, and may attend several seminars.
Some lenders may not charge a service fee or may offer rebates for them.
Units may withhold release; however, they may not deny a request.
Admiralty claims may or may not fall under the applicable SOFA.
Such papers may or may not contain strictly original material.
The helicopter may or may not arrive configured to rappel.
Recommendation letters may or may not be required.

GET vs MAY: QUESTIONS

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GET AND MAY

GET vs MAY: NOUN

GET vs MAY: VERB

GET vs MAY: INTRANSITIVE VERB

GET vs MAY: OTHER WORD TYPES

GET vs MAY: RELATED WORDS

GET vs MAY: DESCRIBE WORDS

GET vs MAY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

GET vs MAY: QUESTIONS