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obtained

[uhb-teyn]

verb (used with object)

to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.

Obsolete. to attain or reach.

verb (used without object)

to be prevalent, customary, or in vogue; prevail: the morals that obtained in Rome.

Archaic. to succeed.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English obteinen < Middle French obtenir < Latin obtinēre to take hold of, equivalent to ob- ob- + -tinēre (combining form of tenēre to hold)

Related forms

ob·tain·a·ble, adjective

ob·tain·a·bil·i·ty, noun

ob·tain·er, noun

ob·tain·ment, noun

pre·ob·tain, verb (used with object)

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pre·ob·tain·a·ble, adjective

re·ob·tain, verb (used with object)

re·ob·tain·a·ble, adjective

un·ob·tain·a·ble, adjective

un·ob·tained, adjective

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Synonyms
1. gain, achieve, earn, win, attain. See get.

Antonyms
1. lose, forgo.

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Example Sentences

These are motions made in two suits by some of the defendants to open judgments obtained against them.

The information obtained from these and other pilot.

Latex, a material obtained from rubber trees, is a natural polymer of isoprene.

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These are motions made in two suits by some of the defendants to open judgments obtained against them.

The information obtained from these and other pilot.

Latex, a material obtained from rubber trees, is a natural polymer of isoprene.

Navajo people obtained a yellow dye from the flower heads.

Time and again researchers have obtained tantalizing preliminary results only to run up against a brick wall later.

For the first time, solar scientists have obtained simultaneous views of the entire.

Secondary use is the exploitation of data obtained for one purpose for an unrelated purpose without the subject's consent.

They are not the first to find that the value of shares obtained by exercising options is less than the tax liability on them.

Indians made canoe paddles from the wood, and maple sugar can be obtained from the sap.

Helium, so useful for filling balloons, can also be obtained cheaply at any party-goods dealer.

Premier had obtained a limited license to sell the device prior to the acquisition.

She said she had obtained a prescription for that purpose and had used it twice on trips.

Music, software and videos are all increasingly obtained online-often free of charge.

First, source photos of the explorers had to be obtained along with an understanding of their related fields of expertise.

After the investigators obtained the necessary data, they had to recover the collars.

But there were limits to the amount of nitrogen that could be obtained from natural processes for high-intensity agriculture.

Seat time and credit hours and not mastery determine if a learner has obtained a college degree.

The hydrogen obtained from water can then be stored and used in, say, a fuel cell to produce power when the sun does not shine.

The khan had decided that coexistence could be obtained only by total domination.

If it¿s too early, then physicians are besieged by calls from patients for drugs that cannot be obtained.

And the information they've obtained is catching eyeballs.

Embryos are destroyed when embryonic stem cells are obtained from them.

Then they obtained logs from one of the servers that power the illegal pharmaceutical sites.

The template column was obtained from a two-week-old rat in the part of the neocortex that processes touch sensory information.

The results are also much more predictable than those obtained by natural settling.

Scientists obtained the cells without destroying embryos.

The agenda, which was obtained in the public-records requests, contained no mention of business meetings.

We believe that excellence can be obtained without paying for it.

Permits must be obtained in person no earlier than one day before your trip.

Because the body is unable to manufacture tryptophan on its own, it must be obtained from food protein.

Other images could have been obtained only as a result of knowledge or perspectives unavailable at the time.

It has obtained a thrift licence, enabling it to provide trust services.

The team's father gave them the telephone pole, other materials obtained for the project were about to be trashed or discarded.

It can be obtained from food or manufactured by human skin exposed to sunlight.

They usualy get more money than they would have obtained in their home country for that same job.

They are, in effect, subsidising the large discounts obtained by commercial fleets.

Beyond some point, increasing accuracy can be obtained only with a disproportional rise in expense, sweat and frustration.

She obtained a tenure-track position near enough to commute.

The liquidator obtained a court order on that basis.

It is obtained from the hydrocarbon cracking of fossil fuels.

Older faculty members may have obtained their positions when requirements were lesser.

The scandal has called into question the means by which the government has obtained its much-vaunted results.

These measurements generally destroy the original state, and no more information can be obtained.

Permission only needs to be obtained if you intend to sell those specific images or use them to market a product.

It scores especially badly on intercepting communications, hanging on to data thus obtained and giving access to them.

Details of the study can be obtained at your request.

But the same information might have been obtained by less controversial means.

We do need iron, but that can be obtained from other sources, such as using iron cooking ware.

Most users had somehow obtained their drugs on prescription or else bought them over the internet.

But info obtained by a weather balloon found significant electrical charge within the plume.

The high-resolution spectrogram he obtained showed the presence of cesium, an element not found in red giants.

These same results may not be obtained in studies of military officers, welfare recipients or nightclub devotees, for example.

Very little mining has to happen for a large amount of power obtained.

Some can come from drilling but much can be obtained by using human and animal feces.

The bacterium is ingested in foods or water or obtained directly from other individuals handling the infant.

But the result was actually obtained in few-layer graphene.

The black and white swaths show data obtained by the radar.

The scientists also heated commercial products containing fluoropolymers and obtained similar results.

The greater the dispersion, the better the spectrum of colors that is obtained.

With the answers to his questions, obtained from the pilots if possible, a data base can be begun.

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Word Origin & History

obtain

c.1425, from M.Fr. obtenir (14c.), from L. obtinere "hold, take hold of, acquire," from ob "to" (though perhaps intensive in this case) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet).

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