Synonym: acquire, earn, gain, get, procure, receive, secure. Antonym: lose. Similar words: maintain, retain, sustain, curtain, captain, contain, certain, container. Meaning: [əb'teɪn] 
v. 1. come into possession of 2. receive a specified treatment (abstract) 3. be valid, applicable, or true.
v. 1. come into possession of 2. receive a specified treatment (abstract) 3. be valid, applicable, or true. 
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31, Sophisticated statistical analysis was employed to obtain these results.
32, They failed to obtain an injunction .
33, You can obtain the product from all good chemists.
34, He always manages to obtain what he wants.
35, You will need to obtain permission from the principal.
36, We wished to obtain information at first hand.
37, I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at Stanford.
38, I finally managed to obtain a copy of the report.
39, If you are unable to obtain the information you require, consult your telephone directory.
40, Evans was trying to obtain a false passport and other documents.
41, It is important to negotiate a good discount and obtain books on approval.
42, He has enough money to obtain the necessaries of life.
43, Going to court to obtain compensation is a long process.
44, Gaviria had been widely expected to obtain well over half the votes cast.
45, He claimed the police had used coercion[sentencedict.com], threats and promises to illegally obtain the statement.
46, The aim is to help patients to obtain most benefit from their treatment.
47, His aim was to finish his doctorate and obtain a university chair.
48, There are no lengths to which an addict will not go to obtain his drug.
49, The book is hard to obtain, because of excess demand following the author's appearance on TV.
50, Romania suffered another setback in its efforts to obtain financial support for its reforms.
51, A diet to lose weight relies on calorie restriction in order to obtain results.
52, I could obtain with the snap of my fingers anything I chose.
53, To obtain her degree, she answered 81 questions over 10 papers.
53, Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
54, She managed to obtain a free pass which even allowed her to visit sensitive military areas.
55, The education director is persevering in his attempt to obtain additional funding for the school.
56, There was a lot of pressure on you to obtain good grades.
57, Some of the materials required for this technique may be difficult to obtain.
58, He let his wife down when he failed to obtain promotion.
59, Conditions of extreme poverty now obtain in many parts of the country.
60, At every stage in the production there will be paperwork— forms to fill in, permissions to obtain, letters to write.
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