obtain

To get something, often by asking, working, or trying to find it.

• You must obtain permission first.
• She obtained a copy of the report.
• Where can I obtain tickets for the concert?

How to use it: obtain something from someone/something (You can obtain the form from the office.); obtain permission to do something (We obtained permission to enter the building.)

Similar words: get, acquire, secure

Common phrases: obtain permission, obtain information, obtain something from someone

To exist or be true in a particular situation.

• These conditions still obtain.
• The same rule obtained in both countries.
• Does that situation obtain elsewhere?

Similar words: exist, apply, hold true

Common phrases: conditions obtain, still obtain