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past tense form of obtain.
past participle of obtain.

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acquired adj.
derivative adj.
fulfilled adj.
gratified adj.
realized adj.
received adj.

ADJECTIVE

acquired

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captured collected seized

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accomplished attained earned gained gathered learned reached realized secured won

Antonyms

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deprived forfeited lost

ADJECTIVE

derivative

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cognate secondary subordinate

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acquired ancestral caused coming from connate copied evolved hereditary imitative inferential inferred not original plagiaristic plagiarized procured rehashed secondhand uninventive unoriginal

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important superior

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inventive original unborrowed unique

ADJECTIVE

fulfilled

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realized satisfied

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accomplished achieved actualized attained compassed concluded consummated crowned delighted dispatched effected effectuated executed finished gratified matured perfected performed pleased reached

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brought about brought to a close carried out made good put into effect

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disappointed incomplete unfinished unfulfilled unsatisfied

ADJECTIVE

gratified

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accomplished achieved actualized attained compassed concluded consummated content crowned delighted dispatched effected effectuated executed finished matured

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brought about brought to a close carried out happy made good perf

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depressed unhappy

ADJECTIVE

realized

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accrued acquired cleared gained gathered gotten harvested inherited made netted profited reaped received taken

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incomplete unfinished unfulfilled unsubstantiated

ADJECTIVE

received

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accepted acknowledged collected earned

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acquired admitted derived gathered gotten honored standard

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conventional customary

Antonyms

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delivered disbursed given nonstandard

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obtained

Rather than collecting all new samples, the team sequenced DNA from tissues that veterinarians had already obtained for diagnostic purposes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Video obtained by The Times shows the players in the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

“We were very warmly received,” Kao reported to his colleagues in an email obtained by the FBI.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

It has obtained other findings critical of the cleanup through Freedom of Information Act requests and other whistleblowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

None of it was protected by attorney-client privilege; we had never represented this man or obtained anything confidentially.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

obtained

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