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gettings

gettings is the plural of getting.

Meaning of getting

Noun

getting (countable and uncountable, plural gettings)

  1. The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
    • With all thy getting, get understanding.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 4:7
  2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
    • She was always considering how to increase her "gettings," but she never gave a thought as to how she might save them.1882, Charlotte Riddell, “Old Mrs Jones”, in Weird Stories, page 135

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Proper noun capitalized: Gettings

Gettings

  1. A surname.

Questions about gettings

What does gettings mean?
Gettings means a surname.
What is gettings the plural of?
Gettings is the plural of getting.
What part of speech is gettings?
Gettings is a proper noun.

Words near gettings in the dictionary

  1. getting work done
  2. getting wrong
  3. getting-to-know-you
  4. Gettinger
  5. Gettingers
  6. gettings
  7. Gettle
  8. Gettleman
  9. Gettler
  10. Gettlers
  11. Gettles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gettings (page history and authors); Gettings (page history and authors); getting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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