Verb
get the meaning (third-person singular simple present gets the meaning, present participle getting the meaning, simple past got the meaning, past participle (UK) got the meaning or (US) gotten the meaning)
Synonym of take the meaning
If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself - ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity - before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly. Eugene O'Neill