Noun getting (countable and uncountable, plural gettings) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition. 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. Meaning of getting in English getting present participle of get (Definition of getting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) (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. GETTING definition: present participle of get. See examples of getting used in a sentence. 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. 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 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).