to obtain is a form of:
Obtain
verb — past tense: obtained ; past participle: obtained ; present participle: obtaining ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To get) បាន, រកបាន, ឈ្នះ, ឆ្នោត, គួរតែបាន, ទៅដល់, សោយរាជ្យ, គ្រប់គ្រង, ឈ្នះគេ, មានគេនិយាយច្រើន, មក, មានសារៈសំខាន់, បានទទួល, បានសម្រេច
Example: He went to the cupboard to obtain some colored chalk. - 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To be customary) rules don't obtain ទាក់ទង, នៅប្រើ
Example: These customs no longer obtain, This obtains with most people.
Example: He always manages to obtain what he wants.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: obtained ; past participle: obtained ; present participle: obtaining ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To gain or have a firm footing; to become recognized or established; to become or be prevalent or general; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.
- 1.
- acquire, assimilate, attain, earn, get, glean, gather, procure, reap, recover, secure, win
- 1.
- fore go, forfeit, lose, miss, surrender
- 1.
- To hold, to keep, to possess
- 2.
- To prevail, to succeed