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Word of the Day Tuesday, June 9, 2026

getter

/ˈɡɛtər/ noun · British & US
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What does getter mean?

noun

A person or thing that gets something, especially a computer program that retrieves data from a database. A method or function that retrieves or returns a value.

Example

"The getter method in the class retrieves the user's name from the database."

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