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— English words —

• obtain v. (Transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
• obtain v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
• obtain v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
• obtain v. (Transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.
• obtain v. (Intransitive, archaic) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

— English word, defined in German —

• obtain V. Bekommen.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• obtain w. Overgankelijk verkrijgen.

— English words, defined in French —

• obtain v. Avoir.
• obtain v. Obtenir.
• obtain v. S’établir.
• obtain v. Réussir.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• obtain v. Obtener, adquirir.

36 English words from 5 English definitions

acquire affairs any any␣way archaic be␣the␣case case exist force gain get get␣hold␣of hold hold␣true in␣force Intransitive keep objective obsolete occupy possess possession prevail procure reached secure specific state state␣of␣affairs succeed that the Transitive true victorious way

9 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

adquirir Avoir Bekommen établir Obtener Obtenir Overgankelijk Réussir verkrijgen

14 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

obtain'd obtains obtainal obtained obtainer obtainers obtainest obtaineth obtaining obtainable obtainance obtainment obtainments obtainability

18 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

reobtains preobtains reobtained unobtained preobtained reobtaining unobtainium inobtainable preobtaining reobtainable reobtainment unobtainable unobtainably unobtainiums nonobtainable unobtainables unobtainability unobtainableness

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

reobtain preobtain

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ain AIN ain' BTA B.T.A. tai Tai TAI tain Tain

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ATB IAT nia Nia NIA

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

batino boat-in Bonita Tobian

30 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

abjoint abortin antibot antiboy antimob Bainton Bamonti bandito Bantoid Baoting bariton bastion batonic Beotian bitonal blatino Blatino boastin' boating boation boniato Bostian botanic niobate obtain'd obtains otubain stiboan tobiano Tongbai

22 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Aiton anito -ation bain't batin bat␣in baton bâton biont -biont biota Botan ibota Naito OITNB Otani tabon Taino Taíno Tiano Tobin Tonia

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

obtein

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