(ˈ)gät ; got or gotten ˈgät-ᵊn ; getting 1 : to gain possession of (as by receiving, acquiring, earning, buying, or winning) get a present The correct spelling is getting. The word “getting” comes from the verb “get,” and when forming the present participle or gerund, you double the final consonant after a short vowel. Geting is the incorrect spelling, while Getting is correct. Getting is the present participle of get, implying the action or process of obtaining or achieving something. GETTING definition: present participle of get. See examples of getting used in a sentence. Noun getting (countable and uncountable, plural gettings) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition. 1. To bring together; gather: getting the author's correspondence together. 2. To come together: We got together for lunch. 3. To arrive at an agreement: The feuding parties finally got together. Definitions of getting noun the act of acquiring something “he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving” synonyms: acquiring see more Meaning of getting in English getting present participle of get (Definition of getting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Meaning of getting in English getting present participle of get (Definition of getting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Synonyms for GETTING: mastering, learning, understanding, knowing, discovering, seeing, getting the hang of, hearing; Antonyms of GETTING: forgetting, missing, ignoring, unlearning, neglecting, overlooking, disregarding, misunderstanding.