1.b> 1) (), , ; to obtain experience ; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee .i> - ; to obtain a prize [a reward] [] / ; he obtained his knowledge through years of hard study ; to obtain a commission .i> i> ; to obtain information / ; to obtain the ball off-side .i> ;
2) i> (), i> ; to obtain a position [what one wants] i> [] ; we managed to obtain a favourable settlement ; i> ; to obtain the range .i> / ; to obtain touch .i> ;
2.b> .i> ; , ; the custom still obtains in some districts , / ; these views no longer obtain , / .