0 present participle of obtain
1 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.
2 (especially of a situation) to exist:
It's hard to obtain truly independent financial advice.
The education director is persevering in his attempt to obtain additional funding for the school.
The money was dishonestly obtained.
The documents are the first substantive information obtained by the investigators.
Despite all of this ethnolinguistic variety, the legal process of obtaining a protective order operates, for the most part, quite systematically.
Although fertilisation rates are extremely high (80-100%), the probability of obtaining viable embryos is very low due to the high rate of polyspermic fertilisation.
We have to realize that the information requirements for obtaining these shadow prices are tremendous.
