Meanings
verbget to know (third-person singular simple present gets to know, present participle getting to know, simple past got to know, past participle (UK) got to know or (US) gotten to know)
present singular third person gets to know · participle present getting to know · past got to know · UK participle past got to know · US participle past gotten to know
- transitiveTo become acquainted with (someone or something); to meet someone.
I'm not into that one-night thing. I think a person should get to know someone and even be in love with them before you use them and degrade them
23 October 1976, Steve Martin, Saturday Night Live
Translations
Ancient Greek γνωρίζω
- γνωρίζω (gnōrízō)to become acquainted with someone
Arabic تَعَرَّفَ
- تَعَرَّفَ (taʕarrafa)to become acquainted with someone
Chinese Mandarin 結識 /结识
- 結識 /结识 (jiéshí)to become acquainted with someone
Dutch kennismaken, leren kennen
- kennismakento become acquainted with someone
- leren kennento become acquainted with someone
Esperanto ekkoni
- ekkonito become acquainted with someone
Estonian tutvuma
- tutvumato become acquainted with someone
Finnish tutustua
- tutustuato become acquainted with someone
French faire la connaissance, faire connaissance (de)
- faire la connaissanceto become acquainted with someone
- faire connaissance (de)to become acquainted with someone
German kennenlernen
- kennenlernento become acquainted with someone
Greek γνωρίζω
- γνωρίζω (gnorízo)to become acquainted with someone
Hungarian megismer
- megismerto become acquainted with someone
Italian conoscere, fare conoscenza
- conoscereto become acquainted with someone
- fare conoscenzato become acquainted with someone
Japanese 知り合う
- 知り合う (shiriau)to become acquainted with someone
Latin cognoscō, rescisco
- cognoscōto become acquainted with someone
- resciscoto become acquainted with someone
Persian آشنا شدن
- آشنا شدن (âšnâ šodan)to become acquainted with someone
Polish poznawać, poznać
- poznawaćto become acquainted with someone
- poznaćto become acquainted with someone
Portuguese conhecer
- conhecerto become acquainted with someone
Romanian face cunoștință
- face cunoștințăto become acquainted with someone
Russian знакоми́ться, познакоми́ться
- знакоми́ться (znakomítʹsja)to become acquainted with someone
- познакоми́ться (poznakomítʹsja)to become acquainted with someone
Spanish conocer, llegar a conocer
- conocerto become acquainted with someone
- llegar a conocerto become acquainted with someone
- llegar a conocer biento become acquainted with someone
- conocer biento become acquainted with someone
Swedish lära känna
- lära kännato become acquainted with someone
Tamil பழகு
- பழகு (paḻaku)to become acquainted with someone
Ukrainian знайо́митися, познайо́митися
- знайо́митися (znajómytysja)to become acquainted with someone
- познайо́митися (poznajómytysja)to become acquainted with someone
Vietnamese làm quen
- làm quento become acquainted with someone
Cite this entry
APA
get to know. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20to%20know
MLA
“get to know.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20to%20know. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get to know,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20to%20know.
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