# getter
## English
### Etymology

From get +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡɛtə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɡɛtə(ɹ)/, /-ɾə(ɹ)/
* Rhymes: -ɛtə, -ɛtə(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: get‧ter

### Noun

getter (plural getters)
* One who, or that which, gets.
** 1838, William Evans, Thomas Evans, The Friends' Library:Many times things would open in him to admiration, showing to rich men and the eager getters of this world, the danger they were in of hurting themselves, by hindering their growth in the truth.
** 1983 December 10, Scott Brookie, “Santa Cruz Elects A Gay Mayor”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 3:Laird won a four-year city council term and was the top vote-getter in the 1981 election, which for the first time seated a progressive city council and a socialist mayor.
** 2009, Jodi Newbern, Regifting Revival!: A Guide to Reusing Gifts Graciously, page 15:In any case, now we have defined the identities and established the unique characteristics of all types of gift givers and gift getters.
* (object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
** 2002, James Steven Perry, chapter 2, in Java Management Extensions, →ISBN, page 47:A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.
* (sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
** 1979, G. L. Weissler, Robert Warner Carlson, chapter 5, in Vacuum Physics and Technology, →ISBN, pages 194–195:Titanium has become the preferred getter for general vacuum-pumping applications because of its relatively high vapor pressure characteristic and its broad spectrum chemical reactivity.
* (mining, historical) A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.

#### Synonyms

* (computing): accessor

#### Derived terms

* attention getter
* gettering
* getter-up
* go-getter
* placegetter
* timbergetter
* vote-getter

#### See also

* setter

### Verb

getter (third-person singular simple present getters, present participle gettering, simple past and past participle gettered)
* (sciences) To remove gas by sorption.
** 2003, John F. O'Hanlon, chapter 14, in A Users Guide to Vacuum Technology, →ISBN, page 247:Many reactive metals rapidly pump large quantities of active gases because they getter (react with) the gases.

#### Synonyms

* get

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* treget

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɛ.tœʁ/ ~ /ɡe.tœʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

getter m (plural getters)
* (object-oriented programming) getter

### Further reading

* “getter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle French
### Etymology

Specifically from Old French geter, the northern variant of jeter (“to throw”)

### Verb

getter
* Alternative form of iecter

#### Conjugation

* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English getter or French getter.

### Noun

getter n (uncountable)
* getter (material)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

getter
* indefinite plural of get