fetch1 verbfetch2 noun
fetchfetch1 /fetʃ/ ●●● S3 verb [transitive] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINfetch1
Verb TableOrigin:
Old English fetian, feccanVERB TABLE
fetch
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | fetch |
| he, she, it | fetches | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fetched |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fetched |
| he, she, it | has fetched | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fetched |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fetch |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fetched |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am fetching |
| he, she, it | is fetching | |
| you, we, they | are fetching | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was fetching |
| you, we, they | were fetching | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fetching |
| he, she, it | has been fetching | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fetching |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fetching |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fetching |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Could you fetch me a screwdriver?
- It's a very old car, but I'm still hoping it'll fetch around £200.
- Jim's gone to fetch the police.
- Martha fetched a towel from the bathroom.
- Rushworth went to fetch the key to the gate.
- Some properties have fetched prices in the $4 million range.
- Van Gogh's "Sunflowers' was expected to fetch more than $20 million.
- Where's your mug? Go and fetch it.
- As she fetched sugar and milk and her favourite cup and saucer, she made up her mind to break with him.
- For a moment Rex and I gaped, and then Rex dived into the cabin to fetch his camera.
- I turned to the older boy and told him to fetch them from the refrigerator.
- It is the first time a sculpture from the period has fetched such a sum.
- Nat let him in and went to fetch Tony who appeared wearing a pair of boxer shorts and a big smile.
- Somehow he'd have to get up to the wood today to fetch down his Dad's clippers and wire.
- Trondur had hurried forward to fetch his biggest harpoon which he kept strapped across the bows.
- Truck doan come to fetch, eh?
THESAURUS► cost
Collocations to have a particular price: · The book costs $25.· A new kitchen will cost you a lot of money.· It’s a nice dress and it didn’t cost much.
► be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money: · These shoes were only £5.
► be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something: · Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
► retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business: · The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.
► sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something: · Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.
► fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale: · The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction.· A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.
► set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money: · A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.
► come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount: · The bill came to £100 between four of us.
Longman Language Activatorways of saying or asking how much something costs► cost if something costs £10, $100 etc, that is what you have to pay in order to buy it: · How much does a house like that cost in America?cost £10/$20/a lot etc: · Tickets for the show cost £15 or £20.cost somebody £10/$20 etc: · I stayed in a hotel in Paris which cost me $150 a night.cost a fortune informal (=cost a lot of money): · Look at Frank's new Mercedes - it must have cost a fortune.it costs £10/$20/a lot etc to do something: · The Department of Education estimates that it will cost $17 billion to build the new schools.
► how much spoken say how much to ask what the price or cost of something is: · That's a beautiful rug -- how much did you pay for it?· By the way, how much does it cost to use the swimming pool?
► be if something is £100, $1000 etc, that is how much it costs - use this especially when you are asking or replying to a question about the cost of something: · "I like your new shirt - how much was it?" "It was only fifteen pounds."· I can't remember how much the flight cost. I think it was around $400.
► at a cost of if something is done, sold etc at a cost of a particular amount, that is how much it costs - used especially in news reports: · Surveys are being conducted in 10 European States at a cost of £50 million.
► set somebody back if something that you buy sets you back a particular amount of money, usually a large amount, that is how much it costs, especially when you think that it is very expensive: set somebody back £200/$400 etc: · A good quality saxophone will set you back at least £1000.set somebody back: · If she's hoping to buy a new sportscar, it's going to really set her back!
► be priced at if a product is priced at a particular price that is how much the person who makes or sells it has decided it should cost: · The book, which is priced at £38, will be available in the shops from September.· I watched a demonstration of their new cordless phone, priced at $350.
► sell for/go for to cost a particular amount of money - use this especially when you think this is more than it is worth: sell for £400/$600 etc: · Clothes with designer labels sell for ridiculous prices nowadays.· Houses in this area are selling for over $400,000.go for £100/$250 etc: · Watches like that are going for about £15 in the market.go to somebody for £100/$250 etc: · The painting finally went to a private collector for $60 million.
► fetch if something fetches a particular price, it is sold for that price or someone receives that amount of money by selling it, especially at a public sale: fetch £40/$500 etc: · It's a very old car, but I'm still hoping it'll fetch around £200.· Van Gogh's "Sunflowers' was expected to fetch more than $20 million.
► what's the damage British spoken use this to ask what the total cost of something is, especially a job someone has already done for you or something you have already received: · "The mechanic's just about finished working on your car, sir." "Thanks, and what's the damage?"·
to go to a place and take someone or something from there► get to go to the place where someone or something is, and bring them back, or tell them to come back: · I'll get my coat and then we can go.· Dinner's ready. Can you get Jo?· I've got to get the kids in a few minutes.get somebody something (=get something for someone): · Could you get me my keys from the kitchen?· I'm going to get myself a beer, does anyone else want one?go (and) get somebody/something: · Go and get your father. He's in the garden.· Forget the cooking, let's go get takeout.
► pick up to go to a place where someone or something is waiting for you or ready for you, and take them with you: pick somebody/something up: · Do you want me to come back and pick you guys up?· Nadia will pick you up at the airport.· Can you pick some milk up from the shop on your way home?pick up somebody/something: · "Where's Diana?" "She just left to pick up the kids from school."· I'll pick up the tickets on my way home from work.· Hi, I've come to pick up a suit I left on Tuesday.
► collect British to go to the place where someone or something is waiting for you, and bring them back: · I'm at the station. Can you come and collect me?· We'll have to eat later, I'm collecting Grandma from the hospital this evening.· I've got a parcel to collect from the post office.
► fetch British to go to get someone or something that you need and bring them back: · Jim's gone to fetch the police.· Where's your mug? Go and fetch it.· Martha fetched a towel from the bathroom.fetch somebody something: · Could you fetch me a screwdriver?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fetch a good/high etc price
Phrases British English, bring a good, high etc price American English (=be sold for a particular amount of money)· I’m sure the painting would fetch a good price in London.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► car· Work him over while I fetch my car.
► doctor· She sent Beuno to fetch the doctor.· Emerging from the cave they encounter the masked form of Koquillion, who bids them to fetch the Doctor at once.· Joseph told me to fetch the doctor, so I ran to the village, although I knew it was too late.· Ace decided that it was time to fetch the Doctor.· Sophie went to fetch the family doctor, who was at the theatre.
► pound· Read in studio A Victorian mental hospital is up for sale ... and could fetch more than two million pounds.· Voice over A car similar to this G-T-O fetched four million pounds at auction last year.· Voice over Meanwhile back at Tenbury, the holly and mistletoe were fetching up to a pound for a pound in weight.· The collection had been expected to fetch up to eighty thousand pounds.· One of my Saturday jobs as a youngster was to fetch seven pounds of Mixed Corn from this shop.
► price· They're considered the best talkers, and fetch high prices as pets.· Some properties on Nob Hill have fetched prices in the $ 4 million range, she said.· It can fetch a high price.· It attracts huge crowds to exhibitions and fetches high prices at auctions in New York, London and Paris.· He learnt to make excellent cheeses - they fetched good prices in Athens.· Many farmers stopped producing cocoa altogether or switched to food crops, like maize or cassava, that fetched more reliable prices.· Victorian and Edwardian models fetch a very good price!· The tradition has continued so that work by the Hermannsburg school now fetches good prices.
► water· I met a couple of Peace Corps volunteers who walked a kilometre each morning to fetch water.· Chutra went to the well to fetch water.· Guruji asks one of the companions to fetch a glass of water.· The bird tried to fetch water from the well to put it out, but fell in the well and drowned.· He fetched water and splashed it over the twitching boy.· Then it was time to gather firewood, fetch water and cook.· It was very possibly from that actual spring that Mary would have made daily journeys to fetch water.· Father Kleinsorge went to fetch water for the wounded in a bottle and a teapot he had borrowed.
VERB► go· Léonie, Madeleine said: go and fetch the salad will you?· The bridegroom goes to fetch his bride from her own house.· She looks a bit cold, so I go and fetch the blanket off my bed and wrap it round her shoulders.· Nat let him in and went to fetch Tony who appeared wearing a pair of boxer shorts and a big smile.· Then they'd go with Dad to fetch Grandpa while Mum finished preparing the meal.· Even though it meant that going to fetch the letters gave you scratches and nettle-stings.· John and his brother Dave went to fetch three large tables.· I simply went and fetched a squeezer of magi-blue and a pair of my socks, in a pleasing electric blue.
► run· Excitedly he tied his red neckerchief to the plant's stem and ran home to fetch a shovel.· Rebecca ran upstairs to fetch the box.· I realized he was feeling ill and ran to fetch the rum.· Philip ran out to fetch the guttering and the pipe and came in again.
► send· She sent Beuno to fetch the doctor.· She sent me to fetch two cups, and told me then to go to my own tea.· Sometimes we get sent to fetch lifers to come over to our side.· Some time after, not having received a reply, they had sent the eunuch to fetch her.· He sent a car to fetch his parents and had them installed in a suite at the Savoy.· Requesting the congregation to leave, he sent his son to fetch an air rifle.· Most of the officers had to send orderlies to fetch their bows.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► fetch and carry
1especially British English to go and get something or someone and bring them back: - She has a positive knack of getting one to fetch and carry.
- Some one had to go round with the coals, wash up, sweep, scrub, polish, fetch and carry.
- The two girls' job was to clear the table between courses, fetch and carry dishes.
Quick! Go and fetch a doctor. Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.fetch somebody/something from something Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?fetch somebody something/fetch something for somebody Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.2to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale – used especially in news reports: The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million.► see thesaurus at cost3fetch and carry to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant: Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?4British English to make people react in a particular way: This announcement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.fetch up phrasal verb British English informal [always + adverb/preposition] to arrive somewhere without intending to SYN end up: I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.fetch1 verbfetch2 noun
fetchfetch2 noun ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Collocations- But I act as general dogsbody, carry books, go fetch, good boy, that kind of thing.
- On the other hand fetch is the limiting factor in the height of waves generated by easterly winds over the North Sea.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fetch a good/high etc price
Phrases British English, bring a good, high etc price American English (=be sold for a particular amount of money)· I’m sure the painting would fetch a good price in London.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► play fetch
play fetch if you play fetch with a dog, you throw something for the dog to bring back to you- After that, they played fetch with a stick Master found.