2. Don’t say you’ve got a thing when you merely have it, without having secured it.
What idea is common to get and have?
Guess, think, reckon.
1. I think I shall go.
2. He reckoned the cost before he started.
3. I guess there are a hundred.
[The habitual misuse of guess is an American fault.]
Intend, calculate.
1. She received his apologies with a resentment they were likely, but were not intended, to inspire.[31]