obtained

3 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

to get something, especially by asking for it, buying it, working for it, or producing it from something else:

to obtain permission

First editions of these books are now almost impossible to obtain.

In the second experiment they obtained a very clear result.

Sugar is obtained by crushing and processing sugar cane.

(especially of a situation) to exist:

Conditions of extreme poverty now obtain in many parts of the country.