GETS vs MAY: NOUN
- The act of acquiring something
- 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.
- 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
- [lowercase] The hawthorn: so called because it blooms in May. Also May-bush.
- 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.
- The queen or lady of May, in old May games.
GETS vs MAY: VERB
- 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
- In baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- Acquire as a result of some effort or action
- Reach by calculation
- Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- Go or come after and bring or take back
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of get.
- Receive as a retribution or punishment
- Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- Purchase
- 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
- Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.
- Liberty; permission; allowance.
- Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
- Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark.
- Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like.
- Are used as equivalent to possibly, perhaps, maybe, by chance, peradventure. See 1st Maybe.
GETS vs MAY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- In clauses expressing a purpose.
- In concessive clauses.
- A. As an independent verb, or as a quasi-auxiliary: To have power; have ability; be able; can.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To indicate opportunity, moral power, or the absolute power residing in another agent.
- (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.
GETS 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
GETS 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
GETS vs MAY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- This week Zolf hopes for minecraft, Azu gets some stretches in, Hamid gets to make a call, Cel thinks about their future.
- Priest forgets its original source because the old mana gets used up and new mana gets generated.
- Relationships between two sets of data can be negative: the larger x gets, the smaller y gets.
- Bella wants to die, and almost gets her wish fulfilled when she gets hit by a shiny Volvo.
- When the going gets tough, bosses tell us to toughen up because it gets better.
- We also measure everything, and it is true that what gets measured gets done.
- Feminine Energies: Angelica Essential Oil gets called in when the going gets tough.
- When your item gets delivered, the postcard receipt gets mailed to you.
- The situation gets particularly bad when video gets streamed wirelessly.
- Like you said, what gets tracked gets managed.
- 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.
GETS vs MAY: QUESTIONS
- What happens when your vape cartridge gets clogged?
- What happens if moisture gets inside epoxy flooring?
- What gets excited when chlorophyll absorbs a photon?
- Which event handler gets called immediately after deviceready?
- Is emigration inevitable as Singapore gets more stressful?
- What happens when Timothy gets his 13th girlfriend?
- What if antifreeze gets in automatic transmission fluid?
- What happens when Gintoki gets mistaken for Takasugi?
- When life gets blurry what do you do when it gets blurry?
- Why did Katy Perry dedicate'it gets better'to it gets better?
- Which medications may decrease the effects of phenylephrine?
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- How May advantage funeral&cremation services help you?
- What 3 mechanisms may drive tectonic plate movement?
- Which medications may lower your potassium(hypokalemia)?
- Which finding may be associated with hypercalcemia?
- What are the May 1 personality traits of famous May 1 stars?
- Is May 2022 May a good time to get married in India?
- Can could May May and might have the highest possibility?
- When will may May food stamps be available in California?